This joint resolution would nullify protections on approximately 225,504 acres of Minnesota National Forest lands and allow Oil & Gas mineral and geothermal leasing in the region. Rep. Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX) voted YEA on hjres140-119. Oil & Gas ranks as his second-largest donor industry at 13.4% of identifiable contributions ($0.37M), while Oil & Gas companies filed 17,042 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.

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◈ Ask the Analyst about Randy K. Weber, Sr. →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated September 10, 2026 · internal signal score 80/100.