Political Quotes

“I rise again to express my appreciation to Chairman Goodlatte and to Ranking Member Conyers. This is an unusual posture for us to be in. Again, all of us are for innovation and love the name of the legislation, but are raising concerns that would be worked out or could be worked out with a slower process. Again, I refer to the Constitution and to the aging that went on with the constitutional leaders in Philadelphia who meticulously designed how this great government would work. I noted earlier that they focused on innovation, competition, and inventiveness. My amendment builds on that of the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), an inventor whom, I believe, we should listen to. He has chosen to strike the section dealing with small businesses or the covered customer issue, and mine narrowly focuses to hone in on helping small businesses. My point here on the floor of the House is that we cannot ignore that this bill skews the scales of justice against small investors. When my good friend from Virginia was explaining it, it was already too complicated. My bill is simple. It expands or provides the covered customer to small businesses making $25 million or less. So we are looking for the balance and the compromise that pointedly goes toward small businesses. It modifies that they are protected and that their litigation costs are down.…”