Political Quotes

“Thank you very much, Chairman Conyers. We owe you a debt of gratitude. We are very pleased that we have answered the call of the pain of people like Michelle, and if you can read this language, it says ``When Michelle tells her boys about their dad, she's not going to show them a pay stub. She will tell them how much their father loved them.'' That means, of course, that we are stranded on an island with laws that do not understand the crisis that these families are facing. These are the pictures of families who have lost loved ones and pictures of their loved ones who we are now standing on the floor of the House to say that any horrific tragedy such as the BP oil spill on April 20, 2010, will not go unanswered, and these families will not remain and be alone. This bill is assuring these families that they will not be alone; that the person or the entity that harmed them will not be able to escape the full extent of the cost of their actions that are inflicted on the people and the communities. It amends the Jones Act, an old law, and brings it in line with the needs of the 21st century, meaning that if you were an engineer on that Deepwater Horizon drill, you are not covered by the present laws; or, for example, the law that was used that was passed in the 1800s where they limited the amount of liability such that one of the actors in this went to court in Houston and wanted to limit their liability to $23,000.…”