This article was published in the Galveston Daily News, The Facts, and The Post Newspaper.  The Importance of the Ike Dike Hurricane season stirs up a lot of emotions in our Gulf Coast community. Hurricane Alicia. Tropical Storm Allison. Hurricane Rita. Hurricane Ike. Hurricane Harvey. The last two hurricanes on that list—Ike and Harvey—left lasting… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) co-sponsored H.R. 4547, the Laws Ensuring Safe Shrimp (LESS) Act, which would enhance the FDA’s capacity to test shrimp as it comes into the country—ensuring that what comes in is free of antibiotic residues, up to our health standards, and is not the product of illegal, unregulated, or unreported fishing by the People's Republic… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (R-TX) and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Federal Mechanical Insulation Act (FMIA) of 2023 to ensure federal buildings are maximizing energy efficiencies, which results in taxpayer savings and emissions reductions. Mechanical insulation provides large-scale and long-term energy efficiency, emissions reductions, cost… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, which provides for the needs of servicemembers and their families through a pay increase, improved housing, and access to health care, while equipping our military with the tools and resources to counter the rapidly growing… Read more »

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced today that the House Appropriations Committee included funding for Texas’ Fourteenth District in the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Appropriations bills. The following projects were approved by the full committee but await final passage by the full House of Representatives later this year.  If enacted,… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber’s (TX-14) amendment was included in the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act by the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. The amendment would update the potential uses for the Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF).  The SRF, funded from the… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced today that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies approved funding for the Sabine—Neches Waterway and the Texas City Ship Channel. If enacted, the bill would provide: $100,000,000 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) construction account, to deepen the… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) voted in support of H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, and H.R. 1640, the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, to block the Biden Administration from banning or regulating the use of gas stoves in U.S. households. Rep. Weber spoke on the House floor in support of these bills, which were prompted by a January comment from Richard… Read more »

Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (TX-14) and Troy Nehls (TX-22) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, and U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, concerning an influx of imported shrimp into American markets.  In their letter, the lawmakers  urge the Administration to take action to put American shrimpers and the American aquaculture… Read more »