David Weldon

I very much applaud you in your efforts to reassert the authority of the Constitution of the United States, because I feel very strongly that not just for years, but for decades, the language of our Constitution has been either subverted…

In my opinion, the revolution that people talk about here in Washington is nothing more than a dose of common sense coming from the people that you talk about, which is where the power truly lies with, a dose of common sense coming to the…

I think it is good to have a firewall of protection between the people's wallet and the Government of the United States. I support this amendment. I encourage all of my colleagues to support the amendment. We need this protection for the…

I would also like to rise in support of medical savings accounts. One of the biggest reasons why we have terrible health care inflation in American is because the providers and the consumers, both the doctor and the patient, are not the…

I was amazed to read in this article that somebody could actually concoct a procedure this gruesome, and I was further shocked to read that the physicians who developed the procedure then went on to report that in 85 percent of the cases…

It has recently been brought to my attention that opponents of HR 1833 have stated that this particular abortion technique should maintain its legality because it is sometimes employed by physicians in the interest of maternal health. Such…

this bill benefits American families, workers, and taxpayers by reducing illegal immigration and reforming legal immigration. We live in a nation built upon the very principle of immigration and open borders. However, the generosity of…

this morning I attended a press conference held by Jim Talent and J.C. Watts to announce a community renewal project that will empower low-income communities. This bill was formulated and designed by the communities that it will effect…

Asking the President some very specific questions about the technology transfer and I am still waiting for a response 1 month later. I also, Mr. Speaker, had a three-page letter drafted to the intelligence community asking for specific…

If I could conclude, let me just say in 1982, in 1983, again in 1985 and 1986, the minority party has attached legislation to a debt ceiling increase. To hand this President a debt ceiling increase that does not have provisions in it to…

the record should show that the gentleman from Florida who just spoke voted for and attached to the 1993 debt limit bill the largest tax increase in history. I do not believe that was a clean debt ceiling increase. This is a good rule on a…

the President the other night asked for a clean increase in the debt ceiling. Prior to coming to Congress, I was a practicing physician. I treated a lot of people with not only medical problems, but also with some psychological and…

Dr. Danny McCain is the founder and international director at large of International Institute for Christian Studies [IICS]. This organization develops and enhances academic Christian studies programs in public universities in 10 countries…

there you have it, we have been called gruesome, we have been called extreme, we have been called radical, we have been called just about every name in the book because we want to do something so extreme and so radical as to balance the…

I just want to amplify on a point that the gentleman from California just made, which I think is an extremely important point. In developing our plan, we met with a variety of different groups, both consumer groups and senior groups, as…

President Clinton's Medicare trustees told us Medicare will be bankrupt by the year 2002. As a physician, I am one of a few Members of Congress who has treated Medicare patients. I understand how important this program is for the seniors…

I was a practicing physician before I came to the U.S. Congress, and, actually, the truth is a lot of those working families on limited incomes, families where maybe the husband has a $15,000, $20,000 a year job, and the wife may have a…

when I was a kid growing up, one of my favorite TV shows was Dragnet. There was a fellow on that show, Officer Friday, and one of his expressions that I liked, if he was getting a lot of extraneous information he would just say just ``The…

I want to just amplify on this fraud and abuse issue, because it is a very, very important area. I had a series of townhall meetings with senior citizens in my district over the summer, and one of the messages I heard over and over and…

Now, the co-pay, that is the 20 percent that Medicare does not cover. So Medicare is going to continue to cover the 80 percent, and it is not going to decrease at all; correct?

Now, the premium that we are talking about for the average senior right now I think that is at $46.

What about the issue of fraud and abuse? I know that is a very, very important one for the seniors in my district, many of whom have complained very bitterly about seeing tremendous amounts of that going on, people being billed for…

Let us suppose we did not have our tax cut for families with children. Would the Medicare plan be solvent then?

That is an important point worth stressing here, that we are not going to be raising co-pays, and we are not going to be raising deductibles. Actually what we are planning on doing with the Medicare premium basically is the same thing that…

Okay. The Clinton administration was talking about letting that increase to about $75 per month over the next 5, 6 years, as I understand it, and his attempt to balance Medicare. And what will the Republican proposal be doing?