Bob Goodlatte actually said...

"This litigiousness has created what amounts to a 'tort tax,' which imposes an added cost on every product Americans purchase and every service we consume."

"I quite frankly think that whether by deliberate act of the Congress writing legislation that is giving tremendous authority to the executive branch... there has been a dramatic shift in power here in..."

"I want to commend you, and I want to commend Congressman Young of Indiana for his efforts in introducing this legislation."

"There has been a dramatic shift in power here in Washington between the legislative branch and the executive branch."