David Weldon

The typical American family does not pay more in Federal income tax than they spend on food, shelter, and clothing. But when we add up the FICA, the Medicare tax, when we add up the property taxes, if they own their own home, their sales…

Madam Speaker, I rise this afternoon to talk about our Nation's space program. As all Americans know, our Nation's success in the arena of space has been a source of great pride and inspiration for many Americans, particularly our Nation's…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 believe that they will be able to make accommodations and they will be able to meet the work requirement, and I think it will serve the community extremely well. I think there will be enhanced community spirit. I think it will deal with…

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…

I rise in support of the change in language offered by the gentleman from Alabama. I have no intention to oppose this amendment, but accept this amendment. I am happy to craft the language in such a way that business incubators would be…

I would be willing to accept that if the gentleman from Michigan will define ``health'' in terms of the physical health of the woman. Now the Supreme Court has decided----

Before I speak on the issue of working families and what is happening to working families in my district and what I think is happening to working families all over the Nation, I yield briefly to the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] to…

I think we all share a desire to have the proper level of funding in this important account which pays the staff for NASA. They are a very, very hard-working work force, very, very dedicated to the future of our space program. I know in my…

I think we all, on both sides of the aisle, share a desire to see this account restored to avoid any possibility of any furloughs and any significant financial shortfall on the part of NASA in terms of paying their employees. The issue and…

I would urge all my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the DeLauro amendment. I will say what I have said in the past. I am a former Army physician. I went into the military in 1981, and I can tell you that when I went in, we were very, very…

I tell you now that we can't afford not to build the space station. We cannot turn our backs now on the men and women who have worked to make the space station and its promising future a reality. I urge everyone to support the…

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…

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…

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…

You are saying if we did not give families with children, the most heavily taxed group over the past 40 years in this country, an issue that is contributing to the breakdown in the family in the United States, the heavy tax burden on those…

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

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…