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June 24, 2020

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.

June 23, 2020

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.

Issues:Economy
June 18, 2020

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.

June 18, 2020

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.

Issues:Healthcare
June 15, 2020

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).

June 14, 2020

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:

June 13, 2020
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Recent events have made clear that we are failing our younger generations. In this season, we must not divert our eyes from the hemorrhaging of pain and anguish in our streets, but rather find empathy in the stories of our countrymen and encourage understanding of one another to propel our drive to affect change.

June 10, 2020
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Rep. Roger Williams
Washington Examiner
Opinion: In our time of need, model responsibility for younger generations

Recent events have made clear that we are failing our younger generations. In this season, we must not divert our eyes from the hemorrhaging of pain and anguish in our streets, but rather find empathy in the stories of our countrymen and encourage understanding of one another to propel our drive to affect change.

June 9, 2020

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.

June 5, 2020

A $1 million grant from FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency has been awarded to Gatesville.

The funding will aid Faunt Le Roy Park in continued recovery from storms and flooding.

"I'm proud to announce a $1 million award from FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency for Faunt Le Roy Park in Gatesville," Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) said on Friday. "This much-needed funding will aid in the continued recovery from devastating storms and flooding."