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January 21, 2017

At the Cleburne Public Library, only a few people watched the live broadcast of President Donald J. Trump's inauguration.

Some were library staff, who sporadically stepped into the children's reading room between helping patrons to watch it. Others glanced in, sat or stood for a moment as heads of state and dignitaries filed into the stands outside of the U.S. Capitol.

January 20, 2017

Only the appetizers were tiny at the Texas State Society's Black Tie and Boots inaugural ball held on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump'' swearing-in. Beyond the finger food, everything was big, big and bigger.

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON — When Joann Courtland, director of the Copperas Cove-based Operation Stand Down-Central Texas, was told to pack her bags Wednesday for a trip to the nation's capital, she wasn't quite sure what was going on.

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) today released the following statement after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America on the west front of the U.S. Capitol:

January 20, 2017

Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) will speak with the following radio stations this morning:

7:15amCT: WBAP Dallas/ Fort Worth
https://www.wbap.com/

7:30amCT: KLBJ Austin
https://www.newsradioklbj.com/

8:35amCT: KSKY Dallas/ Fort Worth
https://660amtheanswer.com/

January 18, 2017

WASHINGTON — After a downsized gala for President Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013, the Texas State Society's Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball is set to return to its full form this year.

Almost 10,000 tickets have been sold to the quadrennial ball, organizers say, around double the 5,000 that had been sold at this time four years ago.

January 17, 2017
Columns

The following column by U.S. Representative Roger Williams originally appeared in the Dallas Morning News:

Issues:Health Care
January 17, 2017

WASHINGTON- Making the Baseball Hall of Fame is no easy feat, especially for a player in their first year of consideration.

Longtime Texas Rangers catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez is on the ballot for the first time in 2017, and although Rodriguez is widely regarded as one of the best catchers of all time, he may not make it into Cooperstown during his first attempt.

January 13, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) today voted for the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution, the first step in Congress' efforts to dismantle President Obama's signature health care law.

Issues:Health Care
January 11, 2017

A familiar name has been assigned to be the next III Corps and Fort Hood commander

Maj. Gen. Paul E. Funk II is a Fort Hood native and the son of retired Lt. Gen. Paul "Butch" Funk, who led III Corps and Fort Hood in the mid-1990s.