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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.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin), manager of the Republican Congressional Baseball Team, will coach the players during the annual game at National's Park this evening – exactly one year after a gunman opened fire at the GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.
The University of Texas is headed to the College World Series in Omaha, but the school's baseball team will receive another honor Thursday in the nation's capital.
Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin), will honor former University of Texas coach Augie Garrido at Thursday's 2018 bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park, according to a news release from Williams.
Garrido died on March 15. He was 79.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin), manager of the Republican Congressional Baseball Team, will honor former University of Texas Coach Augie Garrido at tomorrow's 2018 game.