Political Quotes

“I can. I would start by referring the Senator from North Dakota back to page 6 of the original bill, the bill that passed the Commerce Committee, on which both of us serve, and passed this body, the Senate, unchanged and to look at the entire subsection (B), entitled ``Exclusion.'' The Senator from North Dakota will see in that exclusion. The term ``product'' does not include, (i) tissue, organs, blood, and blood products used for therapeutic or medical purposes, except to the extent that such tissue, organs, blood and blood products (or the provision thereof) are subject, under applicable State law, to a standard of liability other than negligence. It goes on to say, [And] (ii) electricity, water delivered by a utility, natural gas, or steam . . . The next reference that I would make to the Senator from North Dakota is in the Senate committee report on that bill. On page 24 of the Senate committee report on the bill that passed the Senate here, in subsection (ii), the explanation under the term ``product'' there is, for all practical purposes, word for word this exclusionary language, particularly the last two sentences. The term does not include tissue, organs, blood and blood products used for therapeutic or medical purposes, except to the extent that such tissue, organs, blood and blood products, or the provision thereof, are subject under applicable State law to a standard of liability other than negligence. In other words, the same word is in the statute.…”