This week, House Republicans held Joe Biden and his Administration accountable for the reckless spending that has created the inflation crisis burdening families and small businesses across the country. The House passed the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation Act bill, which requires the Biden Administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive orders before enacting them. 

In Joe Biden’s first year in office, he issued more executive orders than any president since Gerald Ford. After two years in office, Joe Biden has now issued a shocking 107 executive orders. Biden’s reckless executive spending agenda has cost hardworking families more than $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars and even more in the added cost of inflation, which has risen more than 14 percent since Joe Biden took office.

Specifically, this bill would require the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Office of Management and Budget to prepare a report including the inflationary effects of any executive order with an estimated impact of at least $1 billion. The White House would then have to report these findings to Congress each year to increase transparency and accountability over executive actions.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources, our Southern Border has now exceeded ONE MILLION illegal encounters just four and a half months into Fiscal Year 2023, which is a 20% increase from the same time period in Fiscal Year 2022. So far this fiscal year, more than 300,000 illegal immigrants have evaded apprehension at our Southern Border in the midst of Biden’s border crisis.

The Biden administration has left Texas to fend for itself by failing to act sufficiently to deal with the crisis at the Border. In March of 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star to respond to a rise in illegal immigration. Texas is being forced to foot the bill for the outrageous cost of illegal immigration. We cannot continue to force Texans to pay for criminal cartels, human smugglers, and illegal immigrants to pour across our Border while the Biden administration looks the other way. President Biden must take responsibility for the crisis he created.

I am proud to join my good friend Rep. Pat Fallon in introducing the Lone Star Reimbursement Act this week. 

This week, a reporter asked me what my thoughts were on Speaker McCarthy releasing the January 6 surveillance footage taken at the Capitol and making it available to the hundreds of defendants charged for January 6. But I want to hear your thoughts. 

This week, I hosted a Texas Independence Day Special Order where several of my Texas colleagues celebrate the day that Texas signed the Declaration of Independence, separating itself from Mexico and becoming the Republic of Texas. I am proud to be a Texan… and even prouder to represent the great people of Texas in Washington. 

I had my first Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing of the year on the United States' competitiveness with China. We discussed how we could strategically improve U.S. scientific competitiveness and address the threat we face from the Chinese Communist Party. On the Energy and Commerce Committee, I had two subcommittee hearings where we marked up legislation to unleash American energy and to ensure America leads in critical minerals. 

I also got to speak to a great group of Texans in D.C. The Greater Houston Partnership was in Washington, and I was honored to speak to give them an update on the Coastal Spine project and my work on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Finally, I was honored to receive the True Blue award from the Family Research Council. It is the privilege of a lifetime to fight for the people of Texas and defend faith, family, and freedom in Congress. 

Team Weber attended Brazoria County Day and Golden Triangle Day at the Texas Capitol with non-profits and community leaders to meet with legislators to express their issues and policies that would benefit Brazoria and Jefferson County. In the district, they attended the Friendswood State of the City with Mayor Foreman and the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership meeting. 

• H.R.1297 - To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1286 - To reimburse the State of Texas for the costs of Operation Lone Star, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1271 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1209 - To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1206 - To establish the Federal Agency Sunset Commission.

• H.R.1200 - To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

• H.Res.165 - Commemorating the bicentennial of the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the oldest State law enforcement agency in North America, and honoring the men and women, past and present, of the Texas Rangers.

• H.R.1155 - To prohibit the phase out of gasoline and prevent higher prices for consumers, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1141 - To repeal the natural gas tax.

• H.R.1140 - To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1121 - To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

  H.R.1102 - To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes.

• H.R.1086 - To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1085 - To require the Secretary of Energy to direct the National Petroleum Council to issue a report with respect to petrochemical refineries in the United States, and for other purposes.

• H.R.1068 - To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes.

It is a privilege to represent our district in Congress.  While we’ve faced many challenges in recent years, through strength and prayer, we have persevered. 

Please know that we are always a resource for you.  Call or stop by any of the offices (YOUR offices, we work for you), whenever you need assistance or want to talk about an issue before Congress.

For assistance or more information, please call or go online to visit us at weber.house.gov.

God Bless you and God Bless Texas!