Bob Goodlatte: “But the point is here that if we take away the mechanism that has been set up in this bill, we will have eliminated all…”

“But the point is here that if we take away the mechanism that has been set up in this bill, we will have eliminated all of the incentives we created to settle cases, all of the incentives we have created to not bring frivolous, fraudulent, or nonmeritorious lawsuits in U.S. district court. The compromise that we have come up with as changed from the original bill is a very, very good effort to control the overload of lawsuits in our courts without having to go back to a system now where there is no pressure on some individuals not to be responsible when they decide to bring an action in court. I strongly urge the defeat of this motion to recommit.”