Harry Reid: “I had placed in the Record yesterday one of the petitions. We have 150,000 signatures on that--150,000 signatures here…”

“I had placed in the Record yesterday one of the petitions. We have 150,000 signatures on that--150,000 signatures here in the Capitol in boxes. We debate this bill. There is a lot of technical talk about startups, sunsets, and payment tiers. But let's not lose sight of what this debate is about. It is about whether the Senate will keep faith with the victims of a disease which they had no opportunity to avoid. The problem in America today, as it relates to what is going on on the Senate floor, is not a crisis created by the legal system; it is a crisis created by the people who expose these people to asbestos. If there were ever a cry for fairness and equity and justice, it is this. We cannot let corporate America do what they are trying to do to these innocent men and women. ____________________”