Don Nickles: “I don't like his bill. I don't like the procedure by which the bill is being considered, and I was involved in the…”

“I don't like his bill. I don't like the procedure by which the bill is being considered, and I was involved in the procedure. Senator Lott asked me to head up the task force to try to put this bill together. Senator McCain, and the Commerce Committee, had a lot of jurisdiction over the bill, probably more than any other committee. Also, he had to deal with the issue of whether or not we are going to have a limitation on liability for tobacco companies. Probably the most important issue is whether the attorneys general package will either pass or not pass, it is very pertinent to the amendment that the Senator from New Hampshire has pending before the Senate today. Are we going to give a limitation on liability to tobacco companies? We don't do it for other companies, with very, very few exceptions. I think we did it for the airline industry for a small, targeted area, but, by and large, we don't do this for any industry in America.”