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…

to begin with, if the defendant was indigent, it would be totally uncollectable anyway. So it would be of no value to anybody to get it. I would imagine the plaintiffs would be willing to go along with, unless, unless it happened to be an…

If the judge determines that it would be manifestly unjust for him to order those fees, he can avoid them.

First if he is as broke and poor as you say, of course, I would not want a judgment against him because it would not be worth very much. But there is a provision in the law that we are promoting that says if it would be manifestly unjust…

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…

Yes, it is a correct interpretation of the committee's intent. The value of Daubert is that the Court spoke extensively about how rule 702 should be applied. In our report we make it very clear that we intend to codify Daubert and that we…

The rope is going to be around anyone that has money far more than it is going to be around the neck of the working class person. I would rather have one judgment for fees against one man that had a little money than I would 10 or 50 or…

I rise in support of H.R. 988, the Attorney Accountability Act of 1995. It is widely believed that the American legal system no longer serves to expedite justice and ensure fair results. It has become burdened with excessive costs and long…

But it still says that those class of expenses if they would be manifestly unjust, there is an exception.

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…