David Weldon

on Sunday, it was announced that the Massachusetts biotechnology company, Advanced Cell Technology, had created the first human clones. They claim they only want to use these embryos for research purposes. However, this research is…

I rise reluctantly to say that I intend to vote no on this bill. My greater concern is just that we are continuing the general trend that we have been on for the last 8 years when it comes to our investment in aerospace. At the conclusion…

I had legal counsel review the legislation we are debating right now at the Subcommittee on Civil Service. The way this amendment is drafted it exempts these new Federal employees from the Veterans Preference Act, the civil rights laws…

I will be voting for H.R. 3004 and support most of its provisions, but I have some reservations about some features of the bill. Section 301 is designed to give the Treasury Secretary new powers to identify and punish governments that fail…

my amendment addresses the silent epidemic that is hitting our Nation's children at an alarming rate. Autism is the most prevalent developmental disorder in America. A couple of decades ago, autism struck a few children out of every…

my amendment shifts $60 million from title II of the Ryan White CARE Act to title I of the Ryan White CARE Act. What my amendment does is to recognize that fully funding of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, or ADAP, should receive highest…

I was in the Army Medical Corps when the original policy banning abortions in U.S. military facilities was instituted by Ronald Reagan back in the early 1980s. And I could best describe the climate in those hospitals at the time as a…

for 7 years, I was one of the only physicians in my county who treated AIDS patients. I got up in the middle of the night, went into the hospital, examined them, took care of them, for years. I really take offense at some of the language…

I am offering my amendment because the bill before us is such a stark departure from 9 years of previous law. My amendment simply continues current law. Ever since the District of Columbia passed its domestic partnership act in 1992, the…

I would like to make two important points about the debate surrounding my amendment. I too, along with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, have been blessed by the high level of comity and good relations we have had since the…

I rise encouraging all my colleagues to vote for this rule, which allows same day consideration, and then the subsequent rule on the bill, and certainly passage of the final bill. This is the first bite of the apple. There have been a…

I just want to clarify a few things about my legislation. It is a pretty short bill. It has four pages and I would encourage anybody who has any uncertainty about this issue to take the time to read it. I specifically want to refer them to…

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…

The procedure that they would like to make legal is illegal in several European countries. There is really only one that currently allows it, and they have come under a lot of criticism. I think by passing my bill, we actually bring the…

I rise obviously to speak in support of this rule and in support of my underlying bill and in opposition to the substitute. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by just talking a little bit about the basic science of all of this. What is…

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…

The Space Station is in orbit. We have research going on up there right now. As we all know, NASA recently recorded significant cost overruns. The administration responded appropriately by canceling three elements. I think there are some…

I mainly want to focus on the issue of human cloning. Next week, the House of Representatives will take up a piece of legislation I authored with my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Stupak), the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of…

it is my intent to withdraw this amendment, but I rise on the floor to speak on this issue and engage the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means on a colloquy on this extremely important issue. On January 17, 2001, the Department of…

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…

prior to coming to the United States Congress, I practiced internal medicine for 15 years, including treating many patients with diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. For that reason, I was very interested in this issue…

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…

this amendment is the only provision that would offer hope to low-income children trapped in failing schools. The underlying bill will provide, in my opinion, only marginal improvement, if any, to public education. Public schools are a…

I rise to salute Scott Guidry of Satellite Beach. He is a constituent of mine who is being held in China against his will. The EP-3 military aircraft is sovereign U.S. territory. Under the 1944 Chicago Convention signed by China, that is…

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.