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Weber Statement On 2020 State of the Union

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WASHINGTON D.C. – On February 04, 2020, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in his third State of the Union address. Congressman Randy Weber (R – Friendswood) released the following statement: "Congress is the opposite of progress - more clearly demonstrated now than ever.  Despite the state of Congress, the state of our great Union is thriving.  As the…

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…

From Freeport to the World

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This article was published in the Houston Chronicle on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The United States has become the world’s leader in natural gas production. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have lifted US gas production by 73% since 2005. With this flood of new supply, America’s natural gas export boom has come. The challenge is how to export natural gas. The…

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,…

The NBA is Kowtowing to China

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This article was published in the Galveston Daily News on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. “Republicans buy sneakers, too” is a line often attributed to Michael Jordan in the 1990s. Jordan’s unwillingness to engage politically is attributed to his desire to protect his wallet. This attitude has been criticized by many activist athletes over the past decade. This change has been so…

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…