Political Quotes

“Let me summarize a response to the general concern expressed by the Senator from North Dakota. Generally, at least in common law, the provision of electricity has been considered a service. The provision of the service is not governed by strict liability. Strict liability is a concept that applies to products. A number of States have determined that there should be a standard of strict liability applied to electricity and, for that matter, to the delivery of blood, the subjects of the first subsection of that section. If a State treats as a product the delivery of electricity, or the supply of blood, and subjects it to strict liability, it is subject to the provisions of this act. It was meant to be subject to the provisions of this act by the bill as it was reported from the Commerce Committee. It is included as a part of the Commerce Committee report. It was noticed simply by someone on the staff that, for some reason or another, subsection (2) omitted the language that was in subsection (1), and it was added during the course of the drafting of the conference committee report. That was not intended to create any difference in the way in which the bill would have been interpreted, in any event. It was intended to bring it into conformity with the committee report, and it has done so.”