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January 26, 2017

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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January 25, 2017

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:

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January 24, 2017

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.

January 23, 2017

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.

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.

Library patron James Gardner watched the full broadcast with interest.

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.

Hair. Gowns. Stetson hats. And the crowds — the massive Gaylord Hotel on Thursday night swelled with 11,000 Texans and Lone Star wannabes. Three stages and dozens of entertainers — from the Lake Highlands High School Wranglers, billed as "a country & western dance and stunt team," to the Beach Boys, who headlined the event — kept the crowd two-stepping.

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.
She was told that U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, was flying her out to attend the Texas State Society Black Tie and Boots ball to bring attention to the work the nonprofit does to help homeless veterans and bring them back into society. So she packed her bags, hopped on a plane Thursday morning and flew to Washington, D.C.

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.