On the recordMarch 12, 2003
There is no one who is debating that there is a crisis in this country. The worst opponents, the most fervent of the opponents of the bill, the trial lawyers, are not arguing we are having a crisis in the States, including my State of Pennsylvania and many others. That is accepted. The question is what is the solution. The key point that the opponents seem to make is that the insurance companies, the problem here is the insurance companies. It is not the legal system. It is not what goes on in the courtroom. It is that the insurance companies are overcharging for these liability premiums. If I thought that were the case and that the evidence substantiated that and if we had testimony to that effect, then I am not the least bit shy about going after the insurance companies. I know my colleagues are not. We would do what is necessary there.
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