This week I was proud to join with my colleagues to help pass two important, common-sense pieces of legislation that will limit the frivolous lawsuits by trial attorneys and personal injury lawyers that clog our courts and hurt our small businesses.

S. Before he pled guilty Ney was identified in the guilty pleas of Jack Abramoff former Tom DeLay deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy former DeLay press secretary Michael Scanlon and former Ney chief of staff Neil Volz for receiving lavish gifts in exchange for political favors. As chair of that committee he oversaw operations in the Capitol complex and was sometimes known as the "Mayor of Capitol Hill".