Don Nickles: “I hope employers around the country have been watching this debate. I have heard some of the proponents of the…”

“I hope employers around the country have been watching this debate. I have heard some of the proponents of the underlying McCain-Kennedy-Edwards measure say: It is not our intention to sue employers. We don't want to do that. No. We will try to fix it. I have even heard on national shows that: We don't go after employers under our bill. On the 'Today Show,' a nationally televised show, Senator Edwards on June 19 said: Employers cannot be sued under our bill. That was made on June 19. Senator Harkin yesterday said: I would love to have the Texas law for the entire Nation. The Texas law that Senators Gramm and Hutchison have quoted says: This chapter does not create any liability on the part of an employer or an employer group purchasing organization. There is no liability under Texas law. Senator Edwards said: We don't sue employers. But if you read the bill, employers beware; you are going to be sued. The only way to make sure employers aren't sued is to pass the Gramm amendment.”