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Lisa Arth can't wait to hear what Pope Francis has to say this week.
The 54-year-old from Southlake is among hundreds of thousands of Americans who will personally see the pope — even if it's from a distance — during his first trip to the United States since being named the leader of the world's Roman Catholics.
"I think it's a great blessing to be able to be close to him," said Arth, a French professor at Tarrant County College who, along with her husband, Mike, will see the pope in Philadelphia as part of the World Meeting of Families.
U.S. House Republicans voted to deny funds to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood for a year on Friday but the action did little to quell party desires to use a spending bill as leverage in their fight to punish the group in an abortion controversy.
Congress adjourned for the weekend with an Oct. 1 government shutdown deadline fast approaching and no clear plan from Republican leaders for extending funding for federal agencies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) last evening joined Jon-David Wells on KSKY 660AM Dallas/ Fort Worth to discuss the Obama Administration's Iran deal and federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
"This deal is built on trust, and who in their right mind would trust the Iranians…who yell ‘death to America' and ‘death to Israel,'" said Williams. "We've sold future generations of Americans down the road."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today signed a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid urging the Senate leaders to replace a procedural motion that requires a three-fifths approval with a simple majority vote on the Iran Deal.
Recently, I had the privilege of hearing our congressman, Roger Williams, address a sold out crowd at the Cleburne Chamber of Commerce quarterly luncheon. He talked talk about his plan to get America back on track. As the congressman outlined his plan, I couldn't help but remember some earlier meetings with him.
Two Washington lawmakers who represent the Killeen area have said they will not support funding the federal government if Congress does not take away funding from Planned Parenthood.
The federal government faces a possible partial shutdown if Congress does not pass a funding bill by Oct. 1.
According to the Associated Press, a band of conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, say they will not back legislation financing government agencies unless the block blocks federal payments to Planned Parenthood.
WASHINGTON–Sen. Ted Cruz said he wants you to do more than honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on their 14th anniversary.
"[It] should be more than a day of reflection and remembrance," said Cruz in a statement distributed by his presidential campaign. "It should be an opportunity to resolve that we will not allow political correctness or complacency to lull us into the same false sense of security that al Qaida exploited fourteen years ago."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement 14 years after the September 11th attacks on the homeland:
"Today we remember the innocent American lives that were lost in a cowardly act of hatred. We pray for them and their loved ones. The attacks in New York, Washington and southwestern Pennsylvania united our nation. Heroes were born. From the passengers on Flight 93 to the brave men and women in uniform who remain abroad, the United States has defied those who attempted to break our spirit."
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain led a multi-nation effort to allow Adolf Hitler to seize a part of Czechoslovakia. The Munich Agreement, as it was called, was signed to avoid what the prime minister believed was the only alternative: war.
The following day, Chamberlain applauded the deal in a speech ironically titled "Peace for Our Time." He promised a renewed friendship between Germany and Britain — "a desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again."