What is important here, I think, is for all of us to realize that truth and time travel on the same road and that truth always has the last word.

Currently we do have a body of law with a substantial deference standard that is in the current law that this legislation repeals and does not substitute another standard and basically makes this a matter of judicial discretion.

I know I took the opportunity to express some feelings that the Administration has been hypocritical in some of the attacks that it made on the previous Administration.

I regret to say that, when Congress passed the legislation addressing liability concerns in September of 2001, I warned my colleagues that failing to comprehensively address the unprecedented liability issues raised by the 9/11 attacks…

We must never forget that.

Would you be in favor of having a statutory limit on attorneys' fees?

But isn't a life a life a life, and a broken arm a broken arm a broken arm?

I think that the American public's memory has been dulled somewhat.

Let me ask you a question, and it goes to the whole issue of attorneys' fees.

That organization is called ACORN, and its actions cry out for investigation by this Committee.

The legitimacy of our elected leaders depends upon the legitimacy of our election process.