On May 10, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) introduced the Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act, which would revise locality pay rates for federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees. The Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act would address staffing and retention problems facing BOP facilities by allowing for competitive pay that considers factors such as cost-of-living, commute times, and the hard work and dedication of our correctional officers.
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) announced that Soobin Lim, a senior at Friendswood High School, is the overall winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for Texas' 14th District.
On April 28, U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (R-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Rick Allen (R-GA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced a resolution to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to Israel’s security and recognize the authoritarian and extremist regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a threat to Israel and global stability. This resolution will ensure that the Islamic Republic of Iran does not build or acquire a nuclear weapon, or the United States will take firm action to hold them accountable.
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) voted in favor of H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, which would prevent biological males from competing in school athletic programs for women or girls. The Biden Administration’s new Title IX rules prevent schools that receive federal funding from banning biological males from competing in female sports.
U.S. Reps. Randy Weber (TX-14), Brian Babin (TX-36), and Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Rare Disease and Medical Genetics (DRDMG) to urge the FDA to reconsider clinical trial designs within the population of certain fatal heterogeneous degenerative diseases so that patients do not have to choose between medication that is slowing the progress of their disease and participating in FDA trials.
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) met with the United States Postal Service (USPS) District Manager David Camp and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector-in-Charge Scott Fix to discuss postal theft in Galveston County. The postal officials detailed their work with the local authorities and federal agents across the Houston Region, including their procedures for securing the blue drop boxes and other security/inspection operations they are conducting to catch thieves.