He isn't the only Texas Republican who has a trademark. Rep. Ted Poe
Lloyd (Ted) Theodore PoeSheila Jackson Lee tops colleagues in House floor speaking days over past decade Senate Dem to reintroduce bill with new name after 'My Little Pony' confusion Texas New Members 2019 MORE (R-Texas) routinely ends his House floor speeches with, "And that's just the way it is."
Weber, 59, says his slogan has even caught on with some of his colleagues in Congress.
“I think they just like the part ‘from where I sit here in America.’ I’m not sure it’s about me being Randy Weber
Randall (Randy) Keith WeberHouse rebuffs GOP lawmaker's effort to remove references to Democrats in Capitol Hillicon Valley: Judge's ruling creates fresh hurdle for TikTok | House passes bills to secure energy sector against cyberattacks | Biden campaign urges Facebook to remove Trump posts spreading 'falsehoods' House passes bills to secure energy sector against cyberattacks MORE. They might be totally underwhelmed with the person, but they love the fact that it’s about America,” Weber said.
The freshman congressman contends he only uses his catchphrase in the political realm, especially because a different statement didn’t go over so well with his spouse, Brenda. “I’ve been married 36 years, [and] my wife and I only had one argument. I tried to tell her I was God, and she assured me I wasn’t,” he said with a hearty chuckle.
The point of the phrase, Weber says, is “I realize it’s my point of view. So that’s why I say, ‘That’s the way I see it from where I sit,’ because that hopefully makes me out to be a little subjective instead of just saying, ‘By golly, this is the gospel according to Randy.’”
Weber says being married more than three decades will do that to a man: “I figured out real quick that it wasn’t necessarily the gospel according to me.”
Pete Kasperowicz contributed.
