Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the other side and the President have a number of times said that this is an anticonsumer bill. Mr. Speaker, this is a proconsumer bill. This bill is very fair to those who may experience harm as a result of a defective product, but at the same time taking away from juries the opportunity to give unlimited amounts of awards that affect every consumer in this country by taking product off the market, as the previous speaker, the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Ganske], just indicated, and by increasing the cost of insurance and, as every corporation in this country does, spreading that increased cost to every consumer in this country with increased prices. This is a very fair bill. Juries should not be legislators. They are unelected. They should have the opportunity to determine the compensatory damages, to determine the pain and suffering award, and a reasonable amount of punitive damages in cases where they find it appropriate, but it should not be unlimited. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this report.”