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More than 1,000 people came out to celebrate early at the Star Group-Veterans Helping Veterans' 10th annual Independence Day Picnic Saturday at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.
The event, which was free and open to the public, is held to honor veterans and their families for their sacrifices. Since it is held in the weeks before the Fourth of July, it allows veterans to spend the holiday with their families.
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to Mark Esper, Secretary of the Army, making the case for Austin to be chosen as the site of the new Army Futures Command Headquarters (ARFCOMHQ). The letter was also signed by Representatives Roger Williams (TX-25), John Carter (TX-31), Michael McCaul (TX-10), Lamar Smith (TX-21), Bill Flores (TX-17), Kevin Brady (TX-08), Will Hurd (TX-23), Pete Sessions (TX-32), John Ratcliffe (TX-04), Beto O'Rourke (TX-16), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Brian Babin (TX-36), and Joaquin Castro (TX-20).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin), released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin), released the following statement Wednesday, the 6-month anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:
"As a small business owner for my entire working life, I spent the past three terms in Congress fighting for tax cuts that would allow for Main Street to begin breathing again," said Rep. Williams. "In the last six months since Republicans in Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it is evident that American families and businesses are feeling its impact on every street corner.
Dear Texans,
As many of you know, last Thursday was the Annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. This game was very special to my teammates and me, as it marked one year since the horrific attack that forever changed who we are on and off the field. My family and I remain grateful for Capitol Police Agents Crystal Griner and David Bailey. They are heroes and they serve as a constant reminder that God is in control.
The game of baseball was integrated in 1947, first by Jackie Robinson in the National League, and then by Larry Doby in the American League a few months later. They are pioneers, not just of baseball but of the civil rights movement. And in just a few years, they could be on a U.S. coin.
WASHINGTON —
The baseball coach with a shock of gray hair and Atlanta Braves' cap calls his players around after an early morning practice for one last pep talk: hit hard, field those balls and, most of all, win.
They all laugh, join in a team hand-stack, cheer and soon go off to their day jobs — as members of the U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON — In the year since House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others were shot at a congressional baseball practice, mass shootings have occurred at a Texas church, a Las Vegas music festival and high schools in Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe, Texas.
Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a doctor who helped save Scalise's life last June, has watched those attacks unfold with the acute sensitivity of a mass shooting survivor. Each shooting is jarring, says Wenstrup — he calls the Parkland shooting in particular sickening — but his views on gun control have not changed.