The failure of the Maryland General Assembly to pass a slots bill is clearly responsible for this announcement today,

The failure rate is three times as high today as was two decades ago. Many of those that get out now find themselves back in at some point.

Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.

There is no question that (post-mortem studies would reveal) a higher failure rate.

Today we act to hold faceless companies accountable -- companies that create instruments of destruction -- for their failure to make products safer and to warn of their inherent dangers,

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.