Attorney General Candidate Rob McKenna recently spoke to Association of Washington Business (AWB) members, laying out his election plans, and one of McKenna’s campaign focal points is bringing about tort reform.

“Tort reform is the most important issue the A.G. needs to focus on right now. Everywhere I go in the state, it’s an issue that resonates,” said McKenna.

He also commented that the attorney general represents the citizens, saying, “I think you need an attorney general who remembers that the [attorney general] doesn’t just represent the agencies. As the Supreme Court has pointed out, the first duty of the attorney general is to represent the people of Washington.”

McKenna says the tort reform issue affects a broad spectrum of people from farmers and small business people, to doctors and even average citizens.

“When Catholic Community Services joined the Liability Reform Coalition, that really sent an important signal that this issue goes way beyond the members of AWB,” he said.

McKenna added that the attorney general’s office plays a vital role in the state of business in Washington and should be taken into great consideration when residents cast their votes in November.

“The attorney general’s office writes or at least reviews nearly every regulation that ends up in the WAC,” McKenna said. “The attorney general also has a major role in writing and/or reviewing agency requests to legislation.