Political Quotes

“yes, the Senator from Washington is quite aware of that list of organizations. Of course, there are all kinds of organizations that are on both sides of this case. The point made by the Senator from Washington was that overwhelmingly of these special interests, the largest single special interest in the United States, when one measures that influence by the amount of money put into the political system, is ATLA, the trial lawyers. This is not surprising, given the fact that they are the principal beneficiaries to a considerably larger degree than the very victims whom they claim to be representing. That is the point from the perspective of organizations. The biggest special interest, the richest special interest, the special interest that gives the greatest amount of money leads the opposition to this view and contributes to many of the other organizations which are opposed to it. But that does not, as this Senator said, necessarily mean that they are wrong or that the other side is right. When, however, we have a system which hurts innovation, destroys American competitiveness in some industries, and gives 60 percent of all the money in the system to those who game the system rather than victims, there is something wrong, and that something ought to be corrected.”