Louie Gohmert: “I'm sure the gentleman then would agree there is no need for further study or to try to look for ways to have…”

“I'm sure the gentleman then would agree there is no need for further study or to try to look for ways to have alternative resolutions to medical malpractice disputes. We've seen what works, and yet it's not going to force States to get rid of their caps on pain and suffering or attorneys' fees. It merely will allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to generously reward any State that will get rid of their caps on damages and attorneys' fees. Let me also mention this, that is only one of the proposals. Another is that health care exchange plans are what is being proposed in this supposedly cut-down bill. The health care exchange plan is the skeletal structure that allows the government to take over health care. So to say it's scaled back, you know, the snake is still in there. It's just going to have to go a little further to bite you. So this is not a good proposal. It's not a fair proposal. And one other thing in the President's speech that I thought was very unfair, he says, On the other end of the spectrum, there are those--and this includes most Republicans in Congress.”