Bob Goodlatte actually said...

"I urge my colleagues to consider well and support these important pieces of legislation."

"This legislation corrected a serious flaw in our Federal jurisdictional statutes that forbid Federal courts form hearing most interstate class actions."

"I hope that through this hearing, the Committee can begin to examine some of the current problems in Federal class action litigation."

"If there is no injury on the part of an individual, I think we need to look at making sure that that happens."