Political Quotes

“I am pleased, after a lapse of almost 1 year, to present to the Senate and to support the conference report on H.R. 956, the Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act of 1996. This is a bipartisan proposal reflecting, essentially, the decisions made here in the U.S. Senate last year, without the broader additions that were passed by the House of Representatives. Mr. President, during the course of this 5 hours today, there will be many statements--passionately held--about what the future holds with respect to both our legal system and our economic system, and whether this bill should pass. As a consequence, Mr. President, I want to start my remarks with a statement about what has already happened as a result of a very modest product liability reform that was passed by the Congress of the United States, and signed by the President, just 2 or 3 years ago. I am going to do that because that action speaks louder than any words we can say about the desirability of this broader legislation.”