Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I find myself in a somewhat paradoxical situation. With almost all of the remarks and policy positions presented by the Senator from Tennessee, I find myself in agreement. Yesterday, for example, I voted with him against a limit on noneconomic damages in the medical malpractice portions of this bill, at least in part for the very kind of reasons that he outlined. I also found most forceful and persuasive--having used it myself--his arguments that the strongest case for congressional legislation in this field rests in the field of product liability, because we deal, almost without exception, with products manufactured in one State, sold in interstate commerce in a national market. I lost him, however, on the last turn--that that very forceful argument for greater uniformity in the rules under which product liability litigation was conducted therefore meant that we should apply this bill only to litigation conducted in Federal courts, whether it be product liability or presumably other forms of litigation which have now been adopted as a part of this bill.”