Chairman Leahy and I and several of my other colleagues across the aisle have introduced legislation to try to reform this process in one form or another.
We cannot let that happen.
it is rare that a freshman from the minority party gets to chair a Committee proceeding like this one
I am curious to know why you seem to believe that the courts, rather than Congress, should address these issues...
I would hope and expect that any future exercises of that authority would be made to the greatest extent possible with t...
And collateral estoppel would apply as to the issues in common.
And do any of those reforms obviate the need for any of the reforms we are discussing today?
With regard to some of the pleading requirements and the filing requirements that we have talked about, aren't we really...
And as you know, one of the litigation reform measures that Chairman Leahy and I have included in this legislation deals...
But you would not disagree that we could also just decide that we want to clarify the issue on our own?
I do believe that action by Congress is warranted, and I do believe that there is empirical evidence to point that out.