Vaccines for America; No thanks to the personal-injury lawyers.(OPED)

Washington Times, The, December, 2002

Byline: Victor E. Schwartz, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES It should come as no surprise to some, but contingency fee personal-injury lawyers were the biggest special-interest group lobbying Congress in the final moments of debate on the recently passed homeland security bill. They lost their battle, and they are proving to be bad losers.

Even now, after the bill has been signed into law by the President, they are pushing for changes for "next year." The Homeland Security legislation passed 90-9 on Nov. 19, 2002, following a contentious fight pushed by the personal ...