Jack Fields: “If someone is breaking the law, as the gentleman alleges, as a Mafia mobster, that person would still be penalized under…”

Mr. Chairman, once again, I appreciate the manner in which my good friend, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Manton], brings this amendment, but it is our opinion that the language of the amendment as it is currently drafted does not write…

First of all, I would be remiss if I did not point out that the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Bliley] is once again bringing a very complex piece of legislation to the floor that is meaningful in reform and it is bipartisan in nature. For…

Mr. Chairman, let me, first of all, address what I almost hear as a basic assumption that the underlying piece of legislation is bad. This is not a bad piece of legislation. This legislation is aimed at the filing of frivolous lawsuits…

let me first thank the Speaker for allowing the Congressional Black Caucus to use this first Special Order hour to commemorate the life and legacy of my mentor, my leader, and my friend, the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. I was a…