Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) today introduced the MFAR Transparency Act to delay the implementation of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (MFAR) and direct the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the financial impacts on each state.
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement of an additional $410 million award for Texas health care providers impacted by COVID-19. The funds are provided under the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which allocated $175 billion in relief to hospitals and other healthcare providers, including those disproportionately impacted by this pandemic.
KILLEEN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25), a representative of Fort Hood and the Killeen Independent School District, today sent a bipartisan letter with Congressman Mike Levin (D-CA-49) to the House Appropriations Committee urging that financial relief for federally impacted school districts be included in future COVID-19 legislation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25), a congressional representative of Fort Hood, today released the following statement after officials announced the search for PFC Vanessa Guillen had concluded with the positive identification of her remains:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement as the United States Mexico Canada Agreement officially went into effect:
CLEBURNE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $6.2 million grant for Cleburne Municipal Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The funding was approved by the Texas Transportation Commission and is intended to be used for pavement improvements.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement after House passage of the Democrats' George Floyd JUSTICE in Policing Act (H.R. 7120):
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced federal grants totaling $6.2 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the Austin area to aid in repairs from heavy storm damage.
CLEBURNE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $40.3 million loan for United Cooperative Services from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Electric Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. United is headquartered in Cleburne, Texas and serves approximately 85,300 members over nearly 10,600 miles of line.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) this week led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-6) and 136 of their colleagues to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal and Ranking Member Kevin Brady urging a vote on H.R. 1175, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act.