bruce vento was affected by asbestos exposure. it took his life. i wish to place in the record susan vento's letter, without objection, mr. speaker. and just to say that in the letter susan says, during the consideration of this legislation in the judiciary committee, two other women who had been affected by the ravages of asbestos and i requested to have a chance to testify about how the legislation would affect people like us. our request was denied. to date no one -- a victim of asbestos exposure or affected family member has been allowed to be heard on this legislation. the only people who would be directly affected by this bill have been completely shut out of the process. it goes on to say, this so-called fact act, and this letter doesn't say the so-called, that's my characterization, the letter says, the fact act drastically erodes the decades of work bruce, that would be bruce vento, and so many of you have invested in helping those who could not help themselves. if this bill passes, it will be a serious setback for americans who expect thei

a former colleague of ours, who mestheli, bruce vento, whose wife has written actively among with others for us to see how this identity problem might persist if we pursue this course. this bill would make the private information of asbestos poisoning victims readily available on the internet, and therein lies the difference. different now any information that anybody needs is already in the courthouse, and they can go to the courthouse and achieve that information. but this is part of what we an when we say this bill revictimizes as bests to victims all over again. if an employer or identity thief wants to get the information on a regular lawsuit, they have to physically now go to every courthouse in the country and look through paper records. but with this bill, if alcee hastings applies for a job at x. corporation, the manager at x. can search for my name on the internet. learn that i got money from an asbestos trust, and then decide if he or she wanted to, not to hire me out of some misplaced fear that i'm someone who just goes around suing their employer, or they kohl refuse to hire