Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Buck) for bringing this outstanding legislation before the House. This is very common sense. It solves a very practical problem, and most importantly, it protects the innocent. I want to quote him with regard to this motion to recommit. He says: As a prosecutor, I deeply respected all the rules we developed in this great country to protect the innocent. These are rules of general application, such as rules protecting people's rights to have their side of the story told and rules protecting people from biased or inaccurate testimony. I would have been appalled if anyone ever suggested that these general protections, designed to protect innocent people from criminal liability, should be suspended because the case was one of assault or battery, murder, or somehow related to insurance. Our country is, rightfully, proud of its principles providing due process and equal protection, but those concepts are meaningless if they are only selectively applied to some types of cases, but not others. For the same reason, we should all be outraged at the suggestion that rules of fairness, designed to protect the innocent, should be suspended in the civil law because the case involves one particular subject or another. But that is exactly what this motion to recommit does.…”