David Weldon

This is a complicated issue; but to distill it down to its simplest essence, we have two choices before us: the underlying bill, introduced by my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Stupak), and I and others, which bans the…

Let me in closing just say I think this is a very fair and equitable rule. We allowed the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) a full hour to debate the merits of his issue. I believe we will get a full airing of the essential…

It is my intent now to withdraw the amendment, and I am certainly looking forward to working with the gentleman in the months ahead on this very, very important issue. I know for Florida bankers this is an area of major concern. If the…

It took 15 years in Brevard County to develop this formula and this agreement. This amendment would set back years of work. I strongly encourage all of my colleagues to keep the faith that has been established between the Federal…

My concern is if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not eliminate the death tax, that this is just going to be another problem in 10 years; that is all.

I feel very strongly that what we are doing today and what we are doing as part of the Reagan Legacy Project in items like naming a post office after Ronald Reagan are extremely important. Ronald Reagan was a man who was harshly criticized…

As the gentleman knows, being very familiar with the law, and, of course, I bring to this debate my experience as a physician having taken care of a lot of AIDS patients, most reputable prosecutors will look at exonerating information…

Mr. Speaker, while certainly respecting rights is something that I am very concerned about, we are talking about life and death here, a potential death sentence to somebody who has contracted AIDS. Yes, there are case reports in the…

I rise to announce my intent to vote for this bill and to thank the chairman for including report language encouraging the National Institutes of Health to fund appropriate research to further explore the findings of Dr. Wakefield at the…

The question I would ask the Vice President, which I believe people in the media should be asking him, is why is it risky when we want to give working men and women a portion of their money back, but it is not risky when Al Gore and Bill…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to announce to my colleagues that at present, in the basement of the Rayburn Building, we have 45 young children from all over the country who are the victims of terrible tragedies in their homes who have been burned…

The actual construction cost on the Space Station is about $24 billion. I agree that is a lot of money, but it is money that has already been spent. We are ready to roll. And for the sake of abbreviating the debate here, we have had this…

I understand that the work of this committee is very difficult, that we are operating under very tight budget constraints and priorities have to be set. But it is really the will of the People's House that sets the ultimate priorities…

The challenge before us today is: Can we keep it? Because a republic is a Nation that is guided by the rule of law. Not the whims of a dictator or a majority that can trample on the rights of a minority, but the rule of law. I urge my…

It is an irony today to be in a situation as a Nation the United States is where our former Cold War adversary is essentially becoming an economic basket case, and I do believe that we as a body are going to have to wrestle with this…

I want to add one more thing. I have gone into the Space Station processing facility of Kennedy Space Center, and I have gone into the first elements. I want to tell my colleagues that the people who are working on this program are excited…

The alternative procedures, in my opinion, are just as gruesome and grisly. And I have actually seen some of them. In my opinion, late terminations of pregnancy should be illegal. The bill which the gentleman is talking about I am sure…

I disagree, as do many people in the United States, with the decision of the Supreme Court on this issue.

I can testify to all of you, one of the things an emergency room doctor fears in the course of his practice is to have a minor child come into the emergency room unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian in need of acute medical care…

I think the people in the gentleman's district should be proud of freshmen like the gentleman, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe Pitts), who have been really trying to push that legislation through. We spent here in Washington…

The issue is the kids; it is not the schools, not the bricks and the mortar, but it is the kids, what is best for the kids.

I would also like to commend him in his initiative for many, many years on behalf of the importance of improving education in the United States, and in particular, in the area of school choice and its value in improving education. We…

The future of our children's education, it is not just about them and their lives, it is about our whole Nation. We have learned, we have discovered, that the future lies not only in our ability today to be innovative, but in the ability…

As I understand it, one of the additional concerns of this test is that this will take time away from teachers and their students in terms of basic education, learning, that they will have to devote a week, they are proposing, or several…

I certainly extend my condolences and condolences from the people of the 15th Congressional District to the people of Israel who have, again, been victimized by the terrorists, and in particular, by this very, very ugly form of political…