"This past May, this Subcommittee held a hearing focused on the credit card industry's use of arbitration."
"This bill is fundamentally about fairness."
"This bill that I have introduced is for the families across the Nation who face similar decisions at a time when they are least prepared to make them."
"My colleagues, Representatives Linda Sanchez and Hank Johnson, each have introduced legislation that make positive steps toward a solution."
"Congress should not restrict the rights and options of consumers and employees to resolve disputes."
"President Obama's administration is urging a new Federal agency be able to regulate the use of arbitration in consumer transactions."
"Today's hearing is not focused on a specific industry."
"The Federal Trade Commission is examining this process as well."
"Gentlemen, you are not in Kansas anymore."
"It is incredible that anyone in this room on this Committee would suggest that for-profit justice where the decision maker has an economic interest in the outcome of the case is equivalent to our cons..."
"If you don't want people to blow the whistle, take the laws off the books."