Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Kennedy was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. He was Western States Coordinator for the John F. Kennedy presidential campaign in 1960 and Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, from 1961 to 1962. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and also serves on the Armed Services Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the April 22, 2004, Senate floor debate on a motion to proceed on S. 2290, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act.The real crisis which confronts us is not…
