"African-American lives count, too, and they are being killed on a regular basis and seen in this country, and nobody in this Congress seems to care that has authority to have a hearing or to bring a bill to a vote."
"Somehow or another, Mr. Chairman, we have got to put our priorities in order, and we have got to look after human life and civil rights."
"We are concerned about destroying what we have had for years, a system of class actions to protect the little guy."
"I think that's akin to walking into the machine guns at this point in time."
"This bill will effectively wipe out Rule 23."
"We know the 1983 rule had a disproportionally chilling impact on civil rights cases, and that is most concerning to me and to others."
"Even a landmark case like the Brown v. Board of Education argument may have been delayed or may not have been pursued to its conclusion had our H.R. 758 changes to Rule 11 been in effect at the time."
"The Honorable Steve Cohen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice."
"Material submitted by the Honorable Steve Cohen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice."
"We just came through the reenactment of the Selma march. We have seen so many failures in our legislative and political system, to where we haven't moved forward on civil rights; we moved backward."
"Today, we consider H.R. 758, titled the 'Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015.'"