Press Releases
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.
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today applauded a $235,085 grant awarded to UT-Austin's Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The NFLP aims to increase nursing faculty nationwide with loans provided to nursing students who receive up to 85% loan cancellation in exchange for full-time post-graduate employment as nurse faculty.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today joined his colleagues introducing a resolution calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the police. The Senate companion resolution was introduced by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tom Cotton (R-AR).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement on the third anniversary of the shooting at the Republicans' congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Roger Williams (R-TX-25) and Denny Heck (D-WA-10) this week introduced the U.S. Secret Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 2020(H.R. 7145), which would move the Secret Service from within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) back to its original location under the Department of the Treasury.
GATESVILLE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $1,020,545.94 grant awarded to the city of Gatesville, Texas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds are intended to aid recovery from severe storms and flooding that washed over the Leon River embankment causing damage to Faunt Le Roy Park and South 7th Street Road.
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $10,859,249 grant awarded to Austin, Texas by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding, allocated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is intended to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) joined House Republicans and American citizens in filing a federal lawsuit against Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenging the constitutionality of the Democrat rule on proxy voting (H.Res. 965):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement upon the announcement of the passing of former Congressman Sam Johnson: