Randy Weber, Representative for Texas's 14th Congressional District

Weber is the representative for Texas’s 14^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Weber is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Weber.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Weber is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Weber has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 94% NumbersUSA: 92% FreedomWorks: 90% The Club for Growth: 86% United States Chamber of Commerce: 75% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 1% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Randy Weber sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Chair, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Enacted Legislation

Weber was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 5246 (114th): To remove the Federal claim to navigational servitude for a parcel of land in Texas City, Texas, and for other purposes.

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Weber sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Energy (18%) Transportation and Public Works (18%) International Affairs (14%) Taxation (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%)

Recent Bills

Some of Weber’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Weber’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 139: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Jan 11, 2018. Passed 256/164. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017. The bill would extend so-called "section 702" government surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill was originally introduced and passed the Senate in 2017 as the Rapid DNA ...
Yea	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Nay	H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
Aye	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 3, 2014. Passed 378/46.
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 Jun 20, 2013. Failed 195/234.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jul 2018, Weber missed 36 of 3,618 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	58^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	26^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	24^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	2	4.2%	73^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	14	10.3%	93^rd
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Jul	66	5	7.6%	87^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Randy Weber is pronounced:

RAN-dee // WE-ber

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
B b	bat
D d	day
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
N n	not
R r	rag
W w	will

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Randy Weber

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