Political Quotes

“what better way to begin this Congress in the new millennium, when we have a leadership here in the House that is engaged in a perpetual debate, should the Congress do nothing or should the Congress do just a little? With plans for doing so little, perhaps absolutely nothing for the typical American working family, it should come as no surprise that one of the first pieces of legislation, indeed the first piece of major legislation, that this House would take up in the new millennium is one that says the House is not going to do anything for working people; and we want to be sure that another branch of government cannot do anything for working people either. We want to say to the judge and jury across America that has the audacity to suggest that just because a product is old a manufacturer ought to be responsible for the harm done by a defect in that product, no, let us throw that out and let us substitute the views of a do-nothing House to totally insulate from any accountability, any sense of personal responsibility, that manufacturer for the damage that is done.”