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Rep. Weber votes against Democrats' bloated spending spree

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) released the following statement after voting against the omnibus package that doubles down on the very failed Far Left agenda that the American people have already rejected, and rubber stamps the Democrats' agenda for years to come. "In the dead of night, a small handful of members behind closed doors negotiated a massive 4,000-page spending bill t...

Rep. Weber leads letter to DOE requesting a 6-month extension for HVAC installations

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14), along with Reps. Van Taylor (TX-3), Ken Calvert (CA-42), Brett Guthrie (KY-2), David Kustoff (TN-8), David Valadao (CA-21), and Byron Donalds (FL-19), sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm requesting a six-month extension of the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) standards deadline. The current deadline to install SEER-14 equi...

Texas Republican Delegation Unveils Border Security Plan for 118th Congress

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Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) and the Texas Republican delegation unveiled their border security plan—A Commitment to Secure the Border—for the 118th Congress. “President Biden’s open-border policies have put women, children, families, law enforcement, and our national security at risk,” said Rep. Weber. “Texans are fed up. Americans are fed up. This crisis is impacting t...

Rep. Weber votes for the National Defense Authorization

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) released the following statement after voting for the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. "The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is necessary to ensure that our military stays at the pinnacle of readiness. It bolsters our national security by raising our service members' pay, and it ensures that we have t...

Rep. Weber Introduces the Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act

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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Ranking Member U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) was joined by Ranking Member Frank Lucas and other Science Committee Republicans to introduce a bill that will improve America’s pipeline infrastructure for current and future energy sources. The Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act will improve inter...

Weber, Speier, Chu, Bass, Carbajal, and Obernolte Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Pervasive BOP Prison Understaffing

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (R-TX), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan introduced the bipartisan Prison Staffing Reform Act to direct the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to conduct a review of understaffing, devise a 3-year plan to fill vacancies, and implement the plan as well as submit yearly progress reports ...

Rep. Weber Announces Funding for Port of Beaumont

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced that the Port of Beaumont would receive a $26.4 million grant through the Port Infrastructure Development Program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This $26.4 million grant will strengthen a 400-foot section of dock area to support heavy loads and the design and installation of a 26.14-acre container marshalling yard a...

Rep. Weber condemns President Biden for draining our Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) and 30 original cosponsors introduced a resolution condemning President Biden's irresponsible withdrawal of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The Energy Policy and Conservative Act of 1975 was enacted on December 22, 1975, creating the SPR to respond to the global oil crisis. There have only been three emergency dra...

Weber and Lucas Demand Transparency in Massive Spending Increase for Troubled Government Loan Program

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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Randy Weber sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm regarding the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office. Despite being plagued with problems, the Loan Program Office has been given $15.8 billion in new funding for the coming years, whic...

Rep. Weber Joins Effort to Redirect Middle-Class Audit Funding from IRS to Border Patrol

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Weber (TX-14) announced that he is an original co-sponsor of the Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Through (DIRECT) Funds for Border Security Act. The legislation stops Biden’s new IRS army from launching audits of middle-class families and instead invests those funds in additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to secure the Southern Border. Th...

Rep. Weber Votes Against Democrats’ “Lame Duck” Continuing Resolution

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Washington, D.C. -U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 6833, a continuing resolution that empowers Democrats to pass a massive spending package in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress. "Here we are again with Democrats voting for a short-term spending bill because they continue to push their radical tax-and-spend agenda on the American peop...

Rep. Weber Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Coastal Revenue Sharing Program

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Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (TX-14) and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced the bipartisan Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) Act, which would protect coastal communities by creating a new stream of funding for coastal infrastructure and flood resiliency projects. While Weber and Fletcher are leading the bill as representatives from the Gulf of Mexico reg...

Rep. Weber Announces Grants to Help Improve Public Safety

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced that the cities of Angleton, Beaumont, and Galveston will receive grants from the United States Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Assistance Grant (JAG) Program to help improve public safety in those communities. The grants include: The City of Angleton will receive $14,992 The City of Beaumont will receive $133,497 The City of G...

Rep. Weber joins letter to Call on Mayorkas to Rescind DHS Public Charge Rule

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14), along with 12 of his House colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to urge the secretary to withdraw his department's recently announced public charge rule. The newly announced DHS policy will exclude several significant non-cash sources of federal funds—such as Medicaid—when determining a potential immigrant’...

Rep. Weber votes against Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spending Spree

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) released a statement following his vote against the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. “While our country is in the middle of a recession and Americans are paying more for everyday goods, the Democrats have once again tried to spend their way out of the inflation caused by their own reckless spending,” said Rep. Weber. “Make no mistake: this quote-u...