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Earl Blumenauer: “H.R. 4571 is a thinly veiled attack on the trial lawyers at the expense of injured plaintiffs. By requiring mandatory…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2004
H.R. 4571 is a thinly veiled attack on the trial lawyers at the expense of injured plaintiffs. By requiring mandatory sanctions that would apply to civil rights cases, H.R. 4571 will prohibit many legitimate and important civil rights actions from being filed. No one wants frivolous abuses of our court system. There is no need to sacrifice the rights of individuals to do so. I vote in support of a substitute amendment offered by Congressman Turner that will protect the civil rights of individuals and against H.R. 4571.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Opposing H.R. 4571 during a House floor debate.

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