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When President Trump told Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly recently that the rollout of a Republican health-care plan would "maybe . . . take till sometime into next year," he contradicted many congressional Republicans who have promised a swift repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
And they followed what has become an uncomfortably common routine: making sense of his words, figuring out how they mesh with their own promises — and getting back to work.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, on Friday released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it would begin scaling back the Dodd-Frank Act: sweeping regulation that has blanketed nearly every aspect of the financial sector including large banks on Wall Street and small businesses and community banks.
The following column by U.S. Representative Roger Williams is available for publication:
I decided to run for Congress in 2012 because I was not happy with the direction our country was headed. Among many concerns, I felt government was growing too big and our economy wasn't recovering quickly enough.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, on Monday released the following statement on President Trump's executive action on regulations:
North Texas lawmakers are weighing in on President Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entry into the U.S. and the protests that followed.
"This is a bad policy," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told NBC 5 Monday morning. "But even if you're going to have the policy, you let people know before they get on the flight, as opposed to sending them to the United States and then going through this hell."
Officials say nine people were released after they were detained overnight at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin) will join The Sean Hannity Show from the GOP policy retreat in Philadelphia at approximately 3:30pmCT/ 4:30pmET
Those in the Austin area can listen on KJCE 1370am and those in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area can listen on KSKY 660am
If you are in Washington, DC, you can listen on WWRC 1260am
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) on Wednesday released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive actions to construct a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, increase hiring of border patrol and immigration agents and curb federal funding for sanctuary cities:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) on Tuesday released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive actions to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines and ensure the pipes are built in the United States. Both projects were halted under the Obama Administration.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump, on his first Monday as the executive, froze federal hiring, withdrew the U.S. from the Trans Pacific Partnership and reinstated the Mexico City Policy.