Randy Weber

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Randy Weber
Texas House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
Current term ends
2010
Political party Republican
Profession Business owner
Website Weber for Texas

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Randy Weber is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 29 since 2009.

Weber is the owner of an air-conditioning company and Grand Jury Commissioner for Brazoria County. He served on the Pearland City Council from 1990-1996.

Weber is President/Vice-President of the Brazoria County Cities Association, Founder/Co-Chair of the Brazoria County Fun-Fest, member of Brazoria County Republican Party, Chair of the Lincoln Day Dinner, and Chair of the Pearland Area Republican Party Headquarters.[1]

Issue positions

On his website Weber lists six main issues and his positions:[2]

  • Lowering Property Taxes - "favors strictly limiting the taxing and spending authority of the Legislature. He supports an appraisal cap to protect recent tax cuts from being erased by appraisal creep."
  • Eliminating Wasteful Government Spending - "state government's spending is excessive, out of control, and needs to be reduced. The taxpayers deserve greater accountability and efficiency from their elected officials."
  • Improving Education - "supports local control for the schools by empowering locally elected school boards to make decisions affecting our children - and holding them accountable for the results."
  • Securing Our Borders - "will look for ways to continue making advances in the technology and manpower needed to secure our southern borders."
  • Protecting Our Children - "favors enacting mandatory minimum sentences for offenders who prey on our children. He supports increased funding for our prison systems, so our judges are not compelled to put these heinous offenders back on the streets due to prison crowding."
  • Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage - "Randy believes life begins at conception, and that all innocent human life must be protected...He believes the institution of marriage is a legal and moral commitment between one man and one woman."

Weber did not provide answers to the 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[3]

Committee membership

Sponsored legislation

  • HB 4009 - Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.
  • HB 4011 - Relating to the use of money in the system benefit fund to purchase advanced meters for low-income customers.
  • HB 4015 - Relating to reducing the written information that public school educators can be required to provide.[4]

Major donors

Below are Weber's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:[5]

Contributor 2008 total
Stars Over Texas PAC $45,000
Texas for Lawsuit Reform $22,500
Bob J Perry $20,000
Randy Weber $15,000
Greater Houston Builders Assoc $5,500

External links

References

  1. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Weber
  2. ↑ Weber for Texas Issues
  3. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Weber Issue Positions
  4. ↑ Texas Legislature - Bills Authored/Joint Authored by Rep. Weber
  5. ↑ Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign contributions
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