Rep. Randy Weber

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to May 20, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Randy Weber sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy
• 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 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 431: Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
• 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 (17%) Transportation and Public Works (17%) Taxation (13%) International Affairs (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (13%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Families (9%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 7270: COASTAL Implementation Act of 2018
• H.Res. 936 (115th): Expressing support for designation of June 19, 2018, as “Juneteenth Independence Day” ...
• H.R. 5905: Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018
• H.R. 5897: Coastal Texas Protection Act
• H.R. 4378: Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018
• H.R. 4035: DOE Loan Guarantee Program Repeal Act
• H.R. 3452: Relief for Recovering Communities Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to May 2019, Weber missed 54 of 3,960 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills