David Weldon

Mr. Chairman, I have a beach in my district, Canaveral National Seashore. It is a beautiful beach, a pristine beach, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful on the entire East Coast of the United States. Several years ago this…

I think to ridicule the opponents of this as though they are members of a flat earth society is wrong. We really need to have a serious vetting of this issue, exactly what the program involves, what exact bearing it may have in the future…

We asked the Park Service to designate Canaveral National Seashore as ``no nudity,'' like they had at Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and they have refused, for reasons that I do not understand, and we continue to have a serious ongoing…

we need to talk about exactly who is paying for the cost of Government in Washington, DC, and what effect that will have after we pass our tax cut. We have heard a lot of talk about this being so-called tax cuts for the rich. Mr. Speaker…

In effect it is a win/win situation that taxpayers would get to keep more of their hard-earned money and we would pay off the debt and we would not have these big interest payments. And we would actually have more money within the Federal…

the debate we are having about whether or not most of the tax cut goes to the middle class or to the rich is downright goofy. It should be a simple question with an agreed- upon way to score it. There should be a clear-cut answer whether…

I just take real offense at him saying that, and some of his staff saying that, because the problem was created by too much spending. The issue of indexing capital gains to inflation is a very simple one. If you are a working man and you…

This is not about numbers. We tend to spend a lot of time here in Washington throwing around numbers, but this is really about moms and dads in Minnesota, in Wisconsin, in Florida, where I come from, having more money to buy clothes, to…

I am really moved by the gentleman's comments, particularly as it relates to family. I was reminded as the gentleman was speaking of a family that goes to the church that I attend. They have five children. Ann and Bill Tanner, a lovely…

I too am a sponsor of the legislation of the gentleman from Wisconsin to deal with the issue of paying off the debt. His plan I think is a very good plan. Once we start showing some surplus after the budget is balanced, what are we going…

Yes, I just want to briefly add to something you were talking about, however well-intentioned, the programs can undermine family integrity. And I just want to say this in defense of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who in many…

Now it is 16 percent. So it is incredibly important that we balance the budget, that we pay off the debt, that we provide badly needed family tax relief, that we fix the welfare system as we have. This is about the future. I am told by…

It did take the Republican Congress, the 104th Congress, to deliver on the President's commitment to end welfare as we know it. And the impact that this is going to have, the gentleman is absolutely right, we should not equate it in terms…

He did some of it right here in Washington DC; that is right. And one of the things he was amazed at, and I heard him, he not only talks about this in the book, I heard him speak. Nobody would ask him why he was homeless. Nobody would ask…

I have heard of people with a poor sense of direction, but this is ridiculous. Apparently there are some people in Washington who cannot tell the difference between money that comes out of your pocket and to Washington, and money that…

I rise to strongly urge all of my colleagues to vote no on the Harman amendment. I can bring some perspective to this issue because I was in the United States Army Medical Corps when President Reagan ordered that abortions stop in military…

I have heard the other side characterize capital gains tax cuts so many times as tax cuts for the wealthy that I am truly baffled. I am baffled because I do not know if the other side persists in saying this because they simply do not know…

I have a question for those on the other side who constantly talk about tax cuts for the wealthy. Perhaps those on the other side are simply not aware of how important tax cuts on capital gains are to the middle class. Then again, maybe…

the Gekas amendment will insure the American people against a government shutdown in the event the President and the Congress reach an impasse on the budget. The funding level of 100 percent of last year's funding will ensure stability…

I rise to speak out about an important initiative that I will be supporting next week and have been supporting up until now, which is an effort to avoid another Government shutdown. There is a disaster appropriations bill that should be…

I rise this evening to talk a little bit about some of the preceding debate that occurred today on the housing bill. Let me just say, though the debate was frequently very heated and sometimes tempers and passions were quite high, I…

I support the efforts of the gentleman from Illinois to bring this issue to a vote. Let me just say that my intention in offering this amendment was purely one that I felt there was some merits to what the gentleman was talking about. I…

I think there will be some situations in the housing authority where it may be appropriate for the housing authority to exempt some residents. My own personal opinion is the vast majority of the people in the housing authority will be able…

I think it is absurd to argue that 100 percent are not going to be able to eke out 2 hours a week or 8 hours a month.

I think what we are proposing here is a very reasonable solution to the issue at hand. I think we can get testimony in the future on this issue, and if there needs to be more flexibility given to the housing authority, I think we will be…