Hon. Ken Bentsen: “This legislation would also encourage all class action lawsuits to be considered in federal court rather than state…”

I believe that the bill would hurt consumers and reduce the incentive for companies to address their Year 2000 computer problems in a timely manner.

I also believe that we have rushed to judgment on this issue.

I will support the Lofgren substitute amendment that would reasonably address this issue.

I believe that this legislation would overturn more than 200 years of legal precedent in our nation and would devastate our tort's system.