Honorable Dave Weldon
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Weldon, of the Fifteenth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He was Lake Worth City (Florida) Commissioner from 1977 to 1983 and Vice-Mayor from 1983 to 1984, and served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1990 to 1992 and in the Florida Senate from 1992 to 1994. He sits on the Appropriations Committee. The following is from the January 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act.I rise today to express my concerns about the substance of the legislation before us, as well as the…
