Political Quotes

“I want to help people that cannot help themselves. But I can tell my colleagues, poor people are more apt to be the defendants than they are the plaintiffs. Rich people are more apt to be the plaintiffs than are the poor. I think this legislation helps the poor defendant who otherwise would be bankrupt by frivolous cases that are filed against him. And by poor we do not necessarily mean people who have no money whatsoever, but people who are middle class or below, as far as their financial ability is concerned. They can be bankrupted very easily by a frivolous lawsuit that is filed against them and the little that they have taken away from them. That part of the bill is a reenactment of legislation that we had that was effective for 10 years and that the courts liked overwhelmingly because it helped them when lawyers were doing things that should not be done and filing frivolous cases or frivolous pleadings at the expense of people at the other side. I think we have a good bill.”