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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
I think that this bill has been totally misdescribed throughout the debate here. There are going to be far more people that have money, and have the ability to pay, that have to pay the other side's attorney's fees than will ever be able to be paid by these poor defendants that we keep talking about. I would surely much rather have an order for attorney's fees from some of the main corporations than I ever would someone that is as described in this bill. We do not have a copy of the letter that supposedly came from the Attorney General's office, but I suspect they do not, also, understand what is in this bill, because it just is not as described in the letter that was written and I hope that we can get a copy of that letter.
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William Moorhead
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Discussing concerns about the misrepresentation of a bill regarding attorney's fees.

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