David Weldon

This whole debate is about whether we're going to give contraceptives to Planned Parenthood, Parenthood International, aggressively trying to overturn the pro-life laws in countries all over the world. We have dramatically increased…

I would be very happy to yield to the distinguished gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan).

The gentleman's amendment increases and decreases the amount for the Department of Commerce's Departmental Management Account. There is no net effect on the funding level of the account. I have no objection to the gentleman's amendment…

I just wanted to give you some specifics. This is a tight budget year, as we all know. And just to cite one of the accounts that this amendment would obviously devastate, we have already reduced the lunar precursor robotics program by $20…

Reclaiming my time, as I understand it, what you all have laid out is not that easy to do basically; that you have to make a case in front of a judge, and if it is a known al Qaeda operative, I think we should be listening to all of their…

I understand that I want them to keep listening. I want the information, and this is what the debate is about. You want to stop. You want go to a judge. I do not think we should.

I rise today to salute the men and women of NASA and the contractor community for a successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery following a 2\1/2\ year hiatus in the operations of our space shuttle program. Yesterday morning I had the…

Due to the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery earlier today, I was unable to be present for several votes. Had I been present, I would ask that the official Record reflect that I would have voted in favor of the following bills: H.R…

Several Members have risen to criticize the included Weldon language in this bill, and I want to clarify that this is the Weldon-Hyde language. This is a continuation of the Hyde policy of conscience protection. The reason I sought to…

As an internist, internal medicine specialist, I did a lot of diagnostic tests. A lot of people come in the office saying I hurt here, I hurt there, I can't breathe when I walk. You do a physical examination, and you typically send people…

I rise to introduce my colleagues in the House to a young lady by the name of Susan Fajt. This lady was injured in a car wreck and could not walk or stand, and she underwent a stem cell treatment and she is now able to walk and stand…

I was with the Governor of Texas yesterday, and we called the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) at M.D. Anderson, and he asked that I rise tonight and thank Members on both sides of the aisle for your letters and prayers. He…

I support the President's request to make this grant to Iraq. It is the right thing to do from a military strategy, it is the right thing to do from a political strategy... We have a unique opportunity to create a Western, U.S.-friendly…

I want to address the school choice issue that we are going to be debating in more detail later, just to make one very, very important point. One of the things that has always bothered me is that wealthy people in America have school…

I commend him for producing what I think is a fair and balanced bill. I want to particularly single out and thank him for including some funding for the Pineda Extension. This project is very, very important for the proper evacuation in…

Let me just close with one very important point. We will also hear that making the inheritance tax repeal permanent will hurt donations to charity. The assumption there in that argument is that people are only giving to charity so they do…

That is precisely the issue at hand. Many Democrats want to increase it 10 percent, and we put through an increase of 5 percent or 4 percent, and they call that a cut. Indeed, we saw that for years and years and years in this body. I know…

Did I hear the gentleman correctly to say that there are employees at the Department of Education that have used government credit cards to charge personal items?

You can get your own time. We all know that under Lyndon Johnson we went under a unified budget. The gentleman from Iowa got up earlier and talked about how he was not here. I was not here either, but the reason I am here, the reason I…

I would pose another question to my distinguished colleagues on the other side of the aisle. The Social Security trust fund, they keep bringing that issue up. Are they trying to say to our troops in the field they consider it more…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1026, introduced by the distinguished Senator from New Jersey Robert Torricelli, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 Third Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, as the Pat King Post Office…

Mr. Speaker, Jack Shea devoted his life to living the Olympic ideal and passing his inspiration and knowledge to younger generations. At 22, Jack Shea won gold medals in speed skating in both the 500 meter and the 1,500 meter events in…

The amendments in section 3 dealing with trade-sensitive commodities would limit the President's proclamation authority so that tariff reductions could not be implemented without specific congressional approval. It is also my understanding…

For 7 years, I was one of the only physicians in my county who treated AIDS patients. I got up in the middle of the night, went into the hospital, examined them, took care of them, for years. I really take offense at some of the language…