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Former House Speaker Jim Wright, who rose to lead the chamber after more than three decades in office only to resign two years into his speakership amid an ethics investigation, died Wednesday morning in Fort Worth, Texas, at the age of 92.
Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas) first met Wright in 1958, when Williams' parents were holding a fundraiser for Wright at their home. Williams recalled in an interview Wednesday that upon shaking his hand, Wright asked him: What do you want to be when you grow up?
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) released the following statement after the passing of former U.S. congressman from Texas and speaker of the House, Jim Wright:
"I am saddened to learn of Jim's death," said Williams. "I knew Jim for a long time, and although we had a difference in political beliefs, he was a patriot who served his community with pride. I send my prayers and thoughts to his family who I know will miss him dearly."
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) yesterday attended the unveiling of a statue commemorating former U.S. Representative Ralph Hall at the Rockwall County Courthouse on Hall's 92nd birthday.
"As a judge, state senator and U.S. Representative for more than 30 years, Congressman Hall has devoted much of his life to serving Texas, and we were there to honor that," said Williams. "After decades of hard work, I hope he can celebrate his 92nd birthday feeling quite accomplished."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today announced the winning submission for the 2015 Congressional Art Competition from Texas' 25th congressional district.
"I am proud to announce Weatherly Sawyer, a junior at Dripping Springs High School as this year's winner," said Williams. "I look forward to having Weatherly's painting, Eventide Illumination, displayed in our nation's capital, and I want to thank all of the artists who made it clear that there is much creative talent in the 25th district of Texas."
WASHINGTON — Just the word fundraising elicits groans or slumped shoulders from most politicians. It's drudgery for them — a despised but necessary task.
But U.S. Rep. Roger Williams of Austin, a lifelong salesman and an old hand in Texas fundraising, is an exception.
"I'm one of those weirdos that lives to raise money," Williams said. "I've been in this business forever."
So when colleagues approached him to be the new chairman of the House Conservatives Fund, a political action committee for conservative candidates, Williams jumped at the opportunity.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) this evening voted to pass S. Con. Res. 11, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Budget which will balance the federal budget over 10 years, strengthen the U.S. military and repeal Obamacare.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), a small business owner and member of the House Financial Services Committee, today received the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in recognition of pro-business votes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced that he has directed the U.S. Army to "provide all possible benefits to the victims of the 2009 attack at Fort Hood who were recently awarded the Purple Heart" last Friday at a ceremony at Fort Hood:
In 1939 a man started a car dealership to realize the American dream. When he died the ownership of the business was passed along to his son and so was a death tax liability equal to a significant value of the business' worth.
The son nearly declared bankruptcy.
Fortunately, he was able to pull the resources together to keep his father's dealership afloat. He still runs the dealership to this day and has more than 100 employees.
That son is me.
The U.S. Army on Thursday approved additional benefits for soldiers who were wounded in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting.
The service also announced it would award the Purple Heart to a soldier who was killed and another who was wounded in an attack by a radicalized Muslim in 2009 at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Ark.