Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Robert A. Weygand
Robert Weygand was a Democratic U.S. representative from Rhode Island, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (105th–106th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.Con.Res. 271 Expressing the support of Congress for activities to increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis.Dec 18, 2000 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 5192 Medicaid and SCHIP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2000Oct 19, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 5191 White House Conference on United States Energy Policy Act of 2000Oct 19, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 3761 To temporarily suspend the duty on certain Reactive Red 180 solutions.Mar 22, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 3758 To temporarily suspend the duty on Solvent Blue 104.Mar 8, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2013 (105th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 551 Kingstown Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the "David B. Champagne Post…Became law
- H.Res. 460 (105th) Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Veterans of America.91 cosponsors
- H.R. 612 (106th) Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 199979 cosponsors
- H.R. 1939 (106th) To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for Alzheimer's disease research through the voluntary purchase of…53 cosponsors
- H.R. 3134 (105th) Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 199847 cosponsors
- H.Res. 135 (105th) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit disabled individuals who have access to the House floor to bring supporting services.34 cosponsors
- H.R. 611 (106th) Small Business Owners' Health Insurance Deductibility Act25 cosponsors
- H.R. 846 (106th) Child Care Worker Incentive Act of 199925 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Weygand has won
Rep. Weygand has won 2 U.S. House elections (1996–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 32.8 to 47.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.