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Weber Introduces the 2019 Congressional App Challenge Winner

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WASHINGTON D.C. – January 8, 2020, Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) announces the winner of the Fifth Annual Congressional App Challenge for the Fourteenth District.  This year, Clear Springs High School student Xiaohan Liu won first place with her app, "LinguaLedo." "Language has always been interesting to me. Speaking Mandarin Chinese at home, English outside, and then taking…

Rep. Weber Statement on Soleimani Airstrike

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WASHINGTON D.C. – On January 3, 2020, Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in an airstrike ordered by President Trump. Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) released the following statement: "The primary function of any government is to protect its citizens.  Extremist regimes and agents of terror should be met with a policy of…

Weber introduces THE U.S. LEADERSHIP IN SPACE ACT OF 2019

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WASHINGTON D.C. – On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX-14), introduced H.R. 5470, the U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2019.   H.R. 5470 extends International Space Station (ISS) operations from 2024 to 2030 and puts forward policies to promote the development and growth of a commercial market in low-Earth orbit (LEO). “American leadership in low-Earth…

Rep. Weber Statement on Gaza's Rocket Attacks on Israel

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Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - In the last 36 hours, over 360 rockets from Gaza have bombarded Israeli cities and towns, some reaching as far as Tel Aviv, all met with a deafening silence from the mainstream media.  One rocket every seven minutes.  This is absolutely unacceptable.  The time has come to stand up and condemn the Iranian-backed Islamic…

Bipartisan Task Force Marks One Year Since Tree of Life Shooting

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Washington D.C. – Representatives Randy Weber (R-TX), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), the Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism,…

Rep. Weber Statement On Speaker Pelosi Launching Impeachment Inquiry Into President Trump

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Washington, D.C. - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - "Speaker Pelosi’s impeachment inquiry announcement is just another attempt by Democrats to delegitimize the President in an attempt to overturn the will of the people as stated in the 2016 election. Instead of fighting this Administration at every turn, Democrats should remember what the American people sent us here to do – come together…

Weber Announces Southeast Texas Academy and ROTC (S.T.A.R.) Seminar

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Washington, D.C. – Friday, September 6, 2019,  U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) is proud to announce the 2019 S.T.A.R. Seminar, jointly hosted by U.S Senator Ted Cruz, as well as U.S. Reps. Dan Crenshaw, Lizzie Fletcher, Michael McCaul, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Pete Olsen, Michael Cloud, Sylvia Garcia, and Brian Babin, D.D.S.  The seminar will be held Saturday morning, September…

Weber Urges Passage of the USMCA

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Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX-14) released the following statement:  "The United States–Mexico–Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) is not only vital to America's continued economic growth ,but also a necessary component of the financial health of Texas.  As the 10th largest economy in the world, Texas leads the nation in…

Weber Introduces Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act

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Washington D.C. –  On Friday, August 23, 2019, Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX-14), introduced the Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act, which will make school shootings a federal crime. This legislation is the second in a series of three bills to combat mass violence. “After the tragic Santa Fe High School shooting that took ten lives and injured thirteen, I began…

Weber, McCaul, Cuellar Introduce Bill to Combat Domestic Terrorism

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Washington D.C. – Earlier this week, three Texas Congressmen, Randy Weber (R-TX-14), Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), and Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors to better identify and charge those committing acts of domestic terrorism in the United States. H.R. 4187, the Domestic Terrorism Penalties Act of…