Political Quotes

“This is an amendment--a bad amendment--that makes a bad bill worse. All those folks from Texas ought to be going to Austin. Where this belongs is in Austin, not in Washington. These are State issues. We had an amendment that said that these defensive measures that you say that they are taking that waste all this money and time, we had an amendment that said these caps wouldn't apply if you cut off the wrong arm, and you all wouldn't take it. So I don't know how many defensive measures they have got. This is the right arm; this is the left arm. When you go in to do surgery and you have to amputate an arm, take off the right arm or the left arm, but not the wrong arm. If you take off the wrong arm--damages big time. You all didn't accept that amendment. This is shutting the courthouse door, closing down juries, and not having faith in the American people to be able to ascertain facts and damages as they have throughout time immemorial. It is a power grab from Washington. It is the swamp draining over to flood the State houses of all 50 of our States. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”