Political Quotes

“In the 20 years that it has been my privilege to serve in the House, the class action reform measure that is before us today is the most modest litigation reform that has been debated, and it strikes in a narrow and appropriate way at an egregious abuse and miscarriage of justice. The bill that is before us makes procedural changes only. There are no restrictions on the substantive rights of plaintiffs. There are no caps on damages. There is no limitation on the rights of plaintiffs to recover. The bill simply permits the removal to Federal court of class actions that are national in scope, with plaintiffs living across the Nation and a large corporate defendant doing business throughout the country, even if current diversity of citizenship rules are not strictly met. This change is much needed. Cases that are truly national in scope are being filed as State class actions before certain favored judges who employ an almost anything-goes approach that renders virtually any controversy subject to certification as a class action.”