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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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:… Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the Port of Port Arthur a $13.6 million federal grant through the FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) voted against the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022,” which would institute a ban on so-called semi-automatic assault weapons and outlaw “large capacity ammunition feeding devices,” capable of accepting more than 15 rounds. Read more »

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) introduced the Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act to authorize the construction of the coastal barrier protection system, which would mitigate the impact of major hurricanes and other significant water events in and around Galveston Bay—and the vast petrochemical industry that surrounds it. The Senate companion to this… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) introduced the Protect Our Children’s Schools Act to allow the Secretary of Education to reprogram unspent COVID-19 funds originally designated for schools and localities to make our schools safer. This will reallocate funds to strengthen and enhance security systems already in place at schools and would create and implement school… Read more »