I vigorously disagree with my good friend from Texas (Mr. Farenthold) because it is very clear that the bill would tip the scales of justice in favor of asbestos defendants by giving defendants access to information about victim…

I think most of all that we have had a vigorous discussion on behalf of the American people. I hope they are listening. I hope my colleagues are listening because, as I listened to the debate myself, I heard a continuing theme: Let's bash…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 2, strike line 5 and all that follows through line 2 on page 3, and insert the following…

The Air Force Sergeants Association, Vietnam Veterans Association, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, and others, these are the groups that are saying they are against this bill. The reason is because they are for the little guy. That is why…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.

Again, my friends, this speaks to the idea that we are not focusing on the plaintiff. So the injured party is at a disadvantage. Let me say to my colleagues that this bill is unnecessary because, in a class action, you do not get the same…

I want to listen to the families. I oppose this legislation, and I ask my colleagues to vote against it. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 982, the so-called ``Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim…

Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers, thank you for managing this legislation; and thank you, Mr. Conyers, for yielding the time. Many of us in cases dealing with making sure our cities work, sometimes we have a one-way street…

I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey, and I thank her for guiding us over the past couple of minutes dealing with an important issue. Let me quickly move us forward because, in just a few minutes, the President of the United States will…

I would like to thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey for her continued leadership as she brings those of us in the Congressional Progressive Caucus to the floor to speak on issues of concern for the American people. Let me also thank the…

I wish to state for the Record how I would have voted on rollcall votes 7 to 23 that I missed today because I was detained in my district on official business: On rollcall vote No. 7, I would have voted ``aye,'' the Johnson amendment. On…

If we don't stand together, then the long litany of children that have died by gun violence, Mr. Speaker, will continue. The only thing that will stop this is for us to recognize that we have gun deaths, gun deaths by justified homicide…