Political career
Weiler was appointed to his Senate seat on January 13,2012,by the Governor. [1] Before his job as Senator,Weiler was a member of Woods Cross City Council. [1] From 1999 to 2011 he served as a delegate on the Rob Bishop for Congress Finance Committee and the Utah GOP State Central Committee. He was also the Davis County Republican Party Chair and the Utah GOP Vice Chair. [3]
Weiler maintains a dismissive view of socialism,communism,and other economic systems that he perceives as threatening to American capitalism. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Weiler lobbied to declare pornography a public health crisis,saying,"I'm here to agree with many others who have called pornography a plague." [9] He further lobbied to mandate pornography filters on the internet at large. [10]
In 2015,Weiler voted in favor of the landmark LGBTQ rights bill "Antidiscrimination and Religious Freedom Amendments" which bans discrimination against lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender people in employment and housing. [11] [12] [13]
In 2016,Weiler was on the following committees: [14]
- Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee (Senate Chair)
- Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee
- Senate Business and Labor Committee
- Senate Judiciary,Law Enforcement,and Criminal Justice Committee
- Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee (Chair)
- Senate Rules Committee
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