Michael Burgess: “I felt compelled to come and talk a little bit about the issues this evening. We have been hearing a lot about the…”

“I felt compelled to come and talk a little bit about the issues this evening. We have been hearing a lot about the relative preparedness or unpreparedness for the second highest office in this land to which they have been nominated, and that is actually not what I wanted to speak about this evening; but I would rather speak about the experience or the preparation that that individual does have, and that is in his profession as a trial lawyer. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday of last week in its lead editorial, the last paragraph says, ``Our runaway tort system is a genuine problem that is causing economic harm, and far more importantly, it is distorting the cause of justice. American politics typically responds to such problems, but in this case, the power of the tort bar centered on Democratic Senators has blocked even the most modest fixes. If this compromise fails this year, we will know for sure that this issue deserves to be joined until the Presidential campaign.''”