Sheila Jackson Lee: “What do you want families to face--no relief? Or do you want these constant errors to go unrecognized and reconciled?…”

“What do you want families to face--no relief? Or do you want these constant errors to go unrecognized and reconciled? This bill will do that by denying the ability. It provides immunity for healthcare providers who dispense defective or dangerous products. It makes it harder for victims to attain adequate legal representation, and it imposes a risk or loss on victims rather than wrongdoers. This bill undermines healthcare and it undermines good healthcare. Mr. Chair, I include in the Record a letter from the American Bar Association opposing this bill. American Bar Association, Washington, DC, February 27, 2017. Re Concerns Regarding H.R. 1215, the ``Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017.'' Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers: On behalf of the American Bar Association, which is the largest voluntary membership organization of legal professionals in the United States, consisting of more than 400,000 members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions, I am writing to express our opposition to H.R. 1215, the ``Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017.'' I understand that your committee is scheduled to mark up this bill as early as tomorrow.…”