David Weldon

every American who pays taxes deserves a tax cut. With consumer confidence starting to slump and the economy starting to slow down, the Congress and President needs to work in a bipartisan manner to pass meaningful tax relief for the…

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…

I am pleased that the bill before us would add an additional $35 billion to Medicare's budget over the next five years. As you may recall, the principle reason I voted against the 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement (BBA) was my concern that…

Today I rise to salute Petty Officer Third Class Ronald Scott Owens, one of the 17 crewmen who gave his life last week in the defense of our Nation. Petty officer Owens' life was lost when terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole. On August 8…

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…

In the summer of 1996, a 7-year-old girl was brutally raped by a 57-year-old deranged man. The little girl and her 5-year-old brother had been lured to a secluded abandoned building. The man raped and sodomized this little girl. After the…

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…

I believe that there is a component of this that is necessary to put people's minds at ease in these cases. While it may be a scientific fact that HIV transmission is unlikely to occur from certain other types of exchange of bodily fluids…

I will point out that it did occur prior to the development of a stronger body of knowledge on how to prevent HIV infection. The article that I cited that this legislation is based on was published in 1997 prior to the Virginia statute…

I particularly rise to thank him for including the ongoing funding for the Brevard County Beach project. The historical record supports that, prior to the creation of Port Canaveral by the Army Corps of Engineers, the beaches in Brevard…

I rise to express disappointment over Mr. Clinton's veto of the bipartisan bill to eliminate the death tax and vowed to work to override the veto once the bill is returned to the House for consideration. Death tax repeal legislation was…

the ``Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2000'' (H.R. 4865) repeals the tax on Social Security benefits created in the 1993 Clinton-Gore budget plan. This tax costs more than 8 million seniors an average of $1,180 a year. In 1993…

Mr. Speaker, I believe it is immoral to have a Tax Code that discourages people from getting married. It is immoral to have a Tax Code that encourages people to live out of wedlock. I saw it firsthand in my medical practice where I had…

I commend the author of this piece of legislation, the gentleman from California (Mr. Rogan). Landing on the Moon has been considered to be the crowning achievement of the 20th century. I am proud to say that, in my congressional district…

I have a little town in my district, Kissimmee, Florida. It is right outside of Disney World. One of the tribes is looking at putting a casino there. Now, it has been said by one of my colleagues from Florida that the State of Florida has…

I am pleased that the House leadership has developed a bipartisan plan that will provide American seniors with comprehensive prescription drug coverage. No senior should have to choose between food for their table or their prescription…

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…

one of the most important decisions I have to make as a Member of Congress each year, is how to vote on our nation's trading relationship with China. This year, many of my constituents have been engaged in this debate as they have called…

as a cosponsor of H.R. 4040, I rise in strong support of The Long-Term Care Security Act. This bill directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to solicit competitive bids from private insurers to provide long-term health care plans…

I want to underscore a very, very important point highlighted by that poster up there. It is very, very clearly spelled out in Al Gore's book, Earth in the Balance. I would highly recommend every American purchase a copy of this book and…

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…

I would like this afternoon to talk about NASA and the recent report regarding the Mars program, as well as a recent poll taken by the Zogby Organization. As most Americans know, NASA and its efforts to put a man on the moon and our space…

last night ABC's 20/20 brought something very important to the public's attention, the trafficking of babies' body parts and organs. Even today the House Subcommittee on Health and Environment is holding a hearing on this issue. As a…

I want to do my part to bring everyone together to work towards a common goal, and I recently had an opportunity to visit NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. My district includes Kennedy Space Center, which is a traditional rival for…

The Tax Code, as everybody knows, is very complicated and so is knowing how to repair it so that it is not a Tax Code that encourages people to live out of wedlock, how do we repair it to make sure it is not a Tax Code that discourages…