[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 41 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THIS IS NOT JUDGE WAPNER'S COURT

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, the United States legal system should not 
imitate Judge Wapner's ``People's Court.'' Our entrepreneurs should not 
be threatened by organizations like 1-800-LAWYER that encourage 
American citizens to sue everyone and anyone with little or no reason.
  Right now, our legal system is well intentioned, but is not 
structured with any common sense. We have the chance to provide this 
common sense with lawsuit abuse and product liability reform.
  We cannot continue to allow trial lawyers to enrich themselves at the 
expense of well-intentioned citizens.
  We have citizens in this country afraid to practice their business or 
produce certain products for fear of being sued. We have Americans who 
are not getting replacement heart valves because the company that 
manufactured them was afraid of being bankrupted by an enormous 
lawsuit.
  Let us put an end to out of control litigation and get the legal 
system in this country back on the right track, as we continue to enact 
our Contract With America.

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