David Weldon

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.

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…

on rollcall Nos. 60, 61, and 62, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Ms. Lee The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered…

I thank Chairman Boehlert for yielding me this time, and I commend him and Ranking Member Gordon for the hard work they did. It was a long process moving this piece of legislation through. I also want to commend Subcommittee Chairman…

for my colleagues this amendment specifically deals with the issue where you have a situation of a sexual assault and a victim is trying to determine the HIV status of the perpetrator. Many States have taken action on this issue. But there…

the study earlier referred to follows: [From Forbes Magazine, Jan. 27, 1997] Rx: Radical Lawyerectomy (By Peter Huber) How do you trim $20 billion a year from Medicare? That's about what it will take to stave off bankruptcy. The easiest…

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…

an issue I often hear about from my constituents is concern about the high cost of health insurance and the need for affordable insurance coverage. We all know health insurance premiums continue to increase substantially each year. As…

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…

I rise in support of H.R. 2863, The Water Resources and Development Act of 2005, WRDA 05. I commend the chairman for including in this bill provisions I requested that are important to Port Canaveral and my constituents in Brevard County…

today I wish all the best for NASA and the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the men and women of Kennedy Space Center on attempting to launch tomorrow. Those of us who support the program understand how critically important it is…

the bioethical issues that we have been debating for the past several years, and particularly over the last couple of months, deal with fundamental questions about the value of human life and the meaning of human dignity. Every poll…

I rise again to set the record straight. There have been some people who have implied there is limited capacity for these cord blood stems to be used successfully. They have been shown to be pluripotent. They can become all different cell…

for years, honest but unfortunate consumers have had the ability to plead their case to come under bankruptcy protection and have their reasonable and valid debts discharged. The way the system is supposed to work, the bankruptcy court…

soon I will be introducing legislation to give incapacitated individuals their explicit due process rights of habeas corpus when a court orders their death by removal of nutrition, hydration and medical treatment. The Incapacitated…

I rise today to honor and also support the nomination of Judge Alberto Gonzales to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Judge Gonzales has served as counsel to the President, a jurist on the Supreme Court of Texas, Secretary of…

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 come from the Sunshine State of Florida, and I rise tonight to shed a little sunshine, speak out some truth regarding the facts on stem cell research and specifically President Bush's position on stem cell research. And I would like to…

I rise in opposition to the Oxley-Frank amendment. By accepting these cards as legitimate forms of identification, banks, State, and local governments are undermining the intent of the USA PATRIOT Act and our national security. The Mexican…

I support H.R. 3313, The Marriage Protection Act. This bill prevents unelected, lifetime-appointed federal judges from striking down the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act. The Defense of Marriage Act overwhelmingly passed in the…

Today, July 20, marks the 35th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing. President Kennedy set us on a race against the Soviet Union to land a man on the Moon and return them safely to Earth. America obviously rose to this…

I rose a short while ago, spoke for 1 minute about a brave young lady. She was in my office just yesterday, along with another brave young lady. This is Susan Fajt, and she was accompanied by Laura Dominguez. Both had suffered spinal cord…

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…

the numbers from the month of May reveal that the American people are improving their lives under the leadership of George W. Bush and the Republican Congress. Two-hundred-and-forty-eight thousand jobs were created in May, and more than 1…