Rick Santorum: “I make one clarification: There are eight States that currently do this. One of them is the State of the Presiding…”

“I make one clarification: There are eight States that currently do this. One of them is the State of the Presiding Officer. The State of Georgia takes 75 percent of punitive damages, less attorney fees, and puts them in the State treasury. That is the State law in at least eight States. Georgia was, in fact, the model we used for this legislation. By the way, those States are exempt from this provision so we don't take both the State and the Federal. If there is a State law, those are excluded under this act. This is hardly punitive. These are punitive damages, not compensatory damages. These are not pain and suffering.”