[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PASS BANKRUPTCY REFORM

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, our bankruptcy laws are in desperate need of 
reform. That is why I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy 
Reform Bill, up for a vote today.
  Last year we had some problems with a similar bill. An unrelated 
provision was inserted into that bill last year during the conference 
committee and that provision had nothing to do with protecting 
consumers or preventing bankruptcy abuse. Instead, it would have sent 
the right to peaceful protests into bankruptcy. Thanks to the efforts 
of the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Sensenbrenner), I am pleased 
that this year we have a clean bill to consider once again.
  I commend the chairman for his tireless efforts to reform our 
bankruptcy laws, and I urge our colleagues to support this bill to 
reform the bankruptcy system.

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