I rise to oppose the Berman amendment to the McHale amendment and to oppose the McHale amendment. Mr. Chairman, the Berman amendment really destroys all the loser-pays provisions, and particularly the Goodlatte amendment, which we have been working on for several days, in fact for a couple of weeks. The original amendment, Mr. McHale's amendment, is much broader than the bill itself, and we have not had an opportunity in committee or in hearings or anything else to go over this broad an amendment. I think that it destroys the possibility of the bill passing. I think it weakens the bill. In that respect I would, as chairman of the subcommittee, be willing to have hearings on the subject later on.
William Moorhead: “I rise to oppose the Berman amendment to the McHale amendment and to oppose the McHale amendment. Mr. Chairman, the…”
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Opposing the Berman and McHale amendments during a committee discussion.
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