According to Douglas, "[D]efense contractors often required employees, as a condition of employment, to submit to binding private arbitration in disputes with the contractors (including allegations of sexual assault), instead of bringing complaints to public courts," and "the Department of Defense claimed they couldn't prosecute for this very reason (even though these clauses only prevented civil suits)." She continues, "Predictably, Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opposed Franken's bill" Douglas writes. Sessions said Congress "should not be involved in writing or rewriting private contracts" and called the amendment a "political amendment at bottom, representing a political attack on Halliburton." Full Article at Medical News Today