Political Quotes

“I hear your point there, but I can tell you that if we would have debated the amendment, I believe that it would have been defeated. Frankly, the problem with it was, if it would have been narrowly crafted to keep the good faith exception, I would have been okay with it. I do believe that we should be debating serious issues. I do believe that the private right of action is kept in tact. There is only a good faith exception. And the burden is on the individual who the lawsuit will be brought against to prove that they acted in good faith. That is how it works. Nobody is going to have to prove that they acted in bad faith. They are going to have to prove they acted in good faith. Nobody is going to give them a wink and a nod and the benefit of the doubt. The individuals who are being sued will have to prove that they acted in good faith. And you made the regulatory accommodations for a grace period but not the accommodations in the legal system; there is no grace period at all. It just takes away the entire grace period, because anybody that wants to sue just goes ahead and sues. It doesn't matter that there is a grace period administratively; there is a grace period in the law. That is why the good faith exception is so important. I wanted to address those issues. I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members to be more orderly in the process of yielding and reclaiming time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr.…”