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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.
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) 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: