Political Quotes

“Today we consider a truly significant piece of legislation within the world of the courts, and particularly the bankruptcy courts. This bill, the one before us now, has been jointly cosponsored by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), and the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barr). It attempts, and does succeed, or else we would not be here at this moment, in striking a well-deserved balance between the respective rights of the private trustees, which play a gigantic role in the world of bankruptcy, and those of the U.S. Trustees' Office, which is charged with the responsibility of guidelining, as it were, the work and cases of the private trustees. Where before we had conflict as to the assignment of cases and whether or not a private trustee could be removed from a case, or whether or not future cases would be withheld from a private trustee, all these issues were points of tremendous conflict. This bill goes a long way in resolving all of those particular problems that may have arisen and could arise in the future.”