Speaker of the House Tom Craddick said Wednesday that dissident representatives who tried to replace him last January and again in May are backed by trial lawyers who want to repeal the lawsuit reform he sponsored in 2003.
"Republicans did not fare well in the 2006 election and our majority shrank from 88 to 80 in the 150 member House," the Midland representative said. "Even though we've got this Republican majority, we have several Republicans who don't vote with the rest of us.
"The trial lawyers are a big factor. I'm the one who pushed tort reform and I'm not their favorite person. I think I'm on their dart board. The group that's really pushing to get a different speaker is the one that wants to reverse the tort laws."
What People are saying about his speech:
I can understand why Craddick is playing the trial lawyer card. He doesn't have a lot of good cards to play. He's got the money card. He's got the partisanship card. But he can't play the "treats members fairly" card, and he can't play the "empowers the members" card, and he can't even play the "lets members pass their local bills" card.
Now you all know where Aaron Pena gets his lies and deception from. Aaron your a Republican up in Austin. But you are nowhere near a Democrat here at home.
Coming Soon! Where's Aaron (bumper sticker) People all over the delta area and in la joya are asking. Where is Aaron Pena? We have not seen him in over three years.
