Special interest groups
Cry Wolf Quotes
[The legislation to permit consumer class actions] “is only nominally an act ‘to extend protection against fraudulent or deceptive practices.’ It is more accurately an act to line the pockets of ingenious attorneys. If this bill passes, the lawyers will be in high cotton; their client consumers will be still hoeing the short row.
[RGGI money] was taken by regulators from consumers in the form of higher electricity bills and then redistributed to environmental special interests friendly to the politicians in power.
We don’t want a lot of innocent small-business people who are trying to do the right thing to be hauled into court.
The House of Representatives has “chosen to put the unreasonable damage awards and attorney’s fees above the needs of employers and employees.”
