Political Quotes

“I want to talk briefly on the Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act. We have been trying to clear a provision that would allow more equipment--used equipment--to go to volunteer firefighters from companies all over the United States by giving a slight change in the liability standard for companies that donate this equipment. We have done this in the area of the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, which resulted in billions and billions of dollars in additional food going out to hungry people in America. Nobody has been sued, by the way. What was sued under the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act--we were not taking money out of anyone's pocket with lawsuits. No one, to my knowledge, has been sued by donating firefighting equipment. Nobody is going to lose out--no lawyers--from lawsuits by this donation. It is an opportunity for companies that waste a lot of resources to be able to give back.”