1.   Advocates of tort reform say the business climate is being hurt by unmerited lawsuits and damage awards.

2.   Congress should enact the bold reform proposals that are still awaiting congressional action, bank reform, civil justice reform, tort reform, and my national energy strategy.

3.   Among his priorities is pushing again for tax reduction, changes in the juvenile criminal justice system, regulatory reform and tort reform.

4.   And in November, voters elected a governor focused on tort reform.

5.   And he was very specific about his agenda, including tort reform to limit awards against businesses whose financial stability could be undermined by juries that overcompensate injury victims.

6.   And Wednesday he emphasized his record on tort reform and promised to reduce frivolous lawsuits in federal courts.

7.   Before he was done, he was talking about trial lawyers blocking tort reforms.

8.   - Killed the latest incarnation of tort reform.

9.   - Rep. Fulton Brock complains that some lobbyists pressured his wife to lobby him on tort reform.