Political Quotes

“I certainly share that concern. I believe that is one of the areas that we could make significant improvements on the work that the bipartisan group there in the Senate has begun. They have begun the work; they have moved in the right direction, but they haven't done quite enough to protect the public health of our children. To say to an industry in this country, of all the industries that we could turn to and give some kind of special protection and say we won't hold them accountable, we will not hold them personally responsible for their deviousness, for their criminal misconduct, to say that, as is suggested by this limitation on their civil liability for these malicious acts that they have engaged in, would be to reward them for decades of abuse in creating the largest cause of preventible death in America today. And what would that say to other industries? That the worse you are, the more legal protection the Congress of the United States is going to give out? I think it would be a signal far beyond this tobacco industry's misconduct that could have untold consequences in other areas of our life here in America.”