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Over a wintry four-day stretch in mid-December, Rep. Roger Williams was bounding across Central Texas in a holiday blitz that illustrated the length and diversity of his vast congressional district.

It took him from Austin to the southern suburbs of Fort Worth, with stops in between. He delivered turkeys and high praise to first responders, greeted troops at Fort Hood, dropped off toys for the Police Department's Blue Santa drive in lakeside Marble Falls, presided over a ribbon-cutting in Cleburne, and introduced service academy appointees at two Austin high schools.

MARBLE FALLS — As Marble Falls High School senior James Garrison walked up to the school doors Dec. 16, he was thinking he'd rather be somewhere else. Though it was the last day of class before Christmas break, Garrison had no exams that day and didn't need to be there.

But he was told someone needed a photograph of him regarding his Eagle Scout project, so there Garrison was, walking through the MFHS hallway not knowing who and what was actually waiting for him.
And that it would lead to probably one of the all-time, best acceptance speeches ever.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – "Congressman Randy Neugebauer understands how Washington's decisions affect Main Street. That empathy is crucial to conducting good policy, and it is rare," said Congressman Roger Williams (R–Austin) while honoring his friend, colleague and fellow Texas Congressman Randy Neugebauer (right, R–Lubbock), who is retiring at the conclusion of the 114th Congress in January, 2017.

Congressman Neugebauer has represented Texas' 19th Congressional District since 2003.

COPPERAS COVE — U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, was at the new Copperas Cove District No. 2 Fire Station to deliver turkeys to first responders, and he also talked about the transition of President-elect Donald Trump.

Williams, whose district includes Coryell County and parts of Fort Hood and Killeen, said people in Washington, D.C., are excited about Trump.

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wenesday for just the sedond time since the financial crisis of 2008, saying the American economy is expainding at a healthy pace and setting itself up as a counterweight to Preseident-elect Donald J Trump's push for ocnsiderably faster growth.

The fred cited the steady growth of employment and other economic measures, and signaled that it expects to raise rates more quickly next year to prevent the economy from growing too quickly.