On the recordNovember 13, 2013
I simply would reiterate that the fact of the matter is that when you don't know who future victims are going to be and you make a claim that somehow this is going to enrich businesses when, in fact, the businesses are bankrupt and they paid their money into a fund, that this is in the interest of determining what people who have not yet made claims have and in the interest of justice in making sure that people who have false claims or duplicative claims and are making claims to more than one trust for different claims about the same illness or claims in State court, as well as in the bankruptcy court, need to be uncovered. That is what this seeks to do. If some victims are doing that, that is not a defense to this legislation, to say we shouldn't have transparency in the providing of benefits to people who have truly been harmed. I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and support the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen). The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
