On the recordMarch 21, 1996
as we proceed toward the climax of the debate on product liability and a vote on the bill at noon, I believe it appropriate to state what I think the issues in this debate truly are. The question involved in whether or not we wish to reform the product liability litigation system of this country has, I think, primarily to do with the products that are available to the American people, the rapidity with which new products are researched, developed, introduced, and marketed, and the cost of those products to the people of the United States. In each of these cases, the closely related question, of course, is the system of justice by which people who believe that they have been wronged get a determination as to whether or not such a wrong has been committed and how much compensation should be granted when a wrong is determined. Our present legal system serves well neither of these goals.
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