T. Gorton

Indeed. Under the ``common knowledge'' doctrine the defendant is not held responsible for injuries to the plaintiff caused by the plaintiff's misuse of a product that is commonly known and recognized to be dangerous by ordinary users.

I regret that I have to oppose the amendment sponsored by the two Senators from Alabama. In some respects, I am sorry that I have to do so, but I believe that I have good and sufficient reasons for doing so. First, the senior Senator from…

It is. I simply pointed out to the distinguished junior Senator from Alabama that the way the amendment was set up it did not have any reference to any section, but it was about punitive damages. His correction is to see to it that it…

I need to say to the Senator from Alabama, I believe I misspoke myself because there are two separate uses of the $250,000 figure.

The Shelby amendment is not included in it, I say to the Senator from Alabama. On consideration and on speaking to a wide number of other Members, we believe that the peculiar rules in Alabama with respect to wrongful death decisions, that…

I do not remember that testimony this year. I believe the Senator from Alabama is probably correct about some such testimony for years past. But to exactly the extent that that is true, the amendment which we are discussing is irrelevant…

The amendment is not so much an insurance reporting act, though it does add inevitably to the huge amount of paperwork with which our society and economy is already burdened, as it is another skillful attempt for all practical purposes to…

This Senator can make one very, very brief comment. He finds it curious that his friend from South Carolina, who is the leading member of his party and the former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, on which this Senator serves, and…

As the move to fix the broken tort system gains steam in the Senate, we're hearing a tired refrain: Legal reform will hurt women.…

Last Thursday at the end of the dramatic vote on the balanced budget amendment and its rejection by a single vote, there were many who felt that this was a tragedy with respect to dealing with the problems facing the United States and its…

In general terms, we face the proposition that divides this body, I believe at this point, simply into two camps. There are those who, like myself, believe that the country is in a serious crisis, that the status quo is unsatisfactory, and…

One fact is crystal clear as a result of this debate. Our friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle, with a few notable and courageous exceptions, do not want a balanced budget. They want an outline which will make it more…

I intend in just a moment to ask unanimous consent to modify the Dole second-degree amendment, to modify it in a manner which would turn it from a statute to a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. The most important, the vital part of what we…

Senator Harkin and I both are advocates for the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program. This program provides funds for local multijurisdictional law enforcement efforts to eradicate crime and drugs from our society. During the budget debate…

Maybe it is just that the colleagues know the Senator better than the attorneys general do.

In any event, the numbers in this connection are perhaps not as important as the substance. Clearly, they are not as important as the substance, and the numbers are somewhat murkier than the Senator from Delaware would have the membership…

It is a great pleasure to listen to the Senator from Delaware in his enthusiasm as well as his knowledge of this subject. Occasionally he may get slightly more enthusiastic than the facts warrant. This Senator began with the discussion of…

It is exactly for that reason that I came to praise my successor, Ms. Gregoire, as the attorney general of Washington, for a very cogent presentation of her point of view and that of our prosecuting attorneys. I think they are doing the…

Each of us agrees on the vital importance of Byrne grants to effective law enforcement and particularly to effective drug interdiction in the United States. The Senator from Iowa proposes that it be taken out of antiballistic missile…

I will take them from allowances with the intention that they be from the furnishings account, exactly what we have been debating all this time.

In other words, this Senator at this point does not know whether or not Senator Harkin will prevail. Part of my amendment will depend on whether it prevails or does not prevail. I will put up one form of it. But if his prevails, I wish to…