House Proceeding on Oct 23rd, 2009 :: 0:51:30 to 0:54:00
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Robert C. Scott: receive liability relief. i will reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition. mr. scott: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i fully share the

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Speech By: Robert C. Scott

0:51:49 to 0:52:10( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: desire of the sponsor of the amendment to -- i hope this amendment will not be adopted. as he's pointed out the manager's amendment does address this issue and does consistently with well established, long observed legal traditions which go back to the ancient civilizations of rome and babble lon -- babylon. the language in the bill now

0:52:11 to 0:52:31( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: with the manager's amendment incorporated language of the transportation and infrastructure and the judiciary committee in place of what was in the introduced bill. this amendment, unfortunately, goes too far. it grants absolute immunity even within the united states on or lakes and rivers to violence against our own citizens. the difference in the two

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Robert C. Scott: provisions, one carefully crafted by the judiciary committee, and now the one being offered on the floor, is not about enabling ships's crews to respond to piracy, both do that fine. the difference is that this amendment would eliminate all legal restraints that -- there

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Robert C. Scott: would be no legal exhibit, not even under criminal law. when they say no liability, the way th be you could commit a crime against people and still be exempt. now, i can't imagine that the sponsor actually meant to do this. i think he's talking about civil liability. but when the bill with the ma

0:53:16 to 0:53:38( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: amendment says that you are totally immune unless you knew that what you were doing was substantially in excess of what was necessary. it is not amendment however is not even limited to what -- civil liability. it's not even limited to during the attack. it could be after the attack and

0:53:39 to 0:54:00( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: there's no one -- no one is under any danger and there's no limit on what crimes can be committed at that point. whether this amendment is adopted or not, if the still concerns about the amendment we would work together cooperatively as we go forward to make sure we give the crew members all the flexibility they need in these situations without