Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy comments on FELA and asbestos

In the course of discussing asbestos and FELA, Vermont Senator Leahy said “I commend Chairman Specter for holding this hearing today. In the last two years, bipartisan efforts to find a fair resolution to the asbestos problem have been productive.”

“Judge Edward Becker and the various stakeholders have worked diligently and as a result, today we are very close to an agreement on many aspects of a national trust fund that would fairly compensate victims of asbestos exposure. But now, some special interests are trying to limit their liability on cases not related to asbestos through a last-minute, overly-broad provision that could jeopardize the years of work spent developing a bipartisan asbestos trust fund.”

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