David Weldon: “I believe that there is a component of this that is necessary to put people's minds at ease in these cases. While it may…”

“I believe that there is a component of this that is necessary to put people's minds at ease in these cases. While it may be a scientific fact that HIV transmission is unlikely to occur from certain other types of exchange of bodily fluids and that the risk is quite low, the victims of these crimes have zero tolerance for risk. And while it may be easy for the gentleman as a lawyer or for me as a doctor to say, oh, do not worry, what that perpetrator did to you puts you at virtually no risk, that is not acceptable to them; they want to know. They want zero risk, and that is why I put that provision in the bill. Certainly, as this piece of legislation moves forward through the Senate and goes to a conference, there may be some opportunity to adjust this language to put some further provisions in there that may make the gentleman more comfortable with the legislation, but that is why I included that language in there.”