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CLEBURNE, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) today announced that on Tuesday he will attend the ribbon cutting at Hill College as it unites with Texas Tech University to offer new four year degree producing programs to constituents in the Johnson County and surrounding area.
What: Congressman Williams to attend the ribbon cutting at Hill College as it unites with Texas Tech University
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location: 2112 Mayfield Pkwy, Cleburne, TX 76033
Open to Press: Yes
In this week's edition of Office Space, Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, shows off his cowboy boots, saddle and baseball bats.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Austin) this morning issued the following statement in response to the House voting to consider articles of impeachment against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen:
"I am happy to have voted in favor of holding accountable an agency that has for too long followed a political agenda instead of working for the betterment of US taxpayers. The IRS improperly and wrongfully targeted conservative groups that were applying for tax-exempt status, which in my opinion is unacceptable."
WASHINGTON: A behemoth $619 billion defense spending bill passed the House of Representatives on Friday, and Texans had their hands all over it.
The annual bill, dubbed the National Defense Authorization Act, funds the Department of Defense. The bill passed Friday does not require women to register for the draft and includes the largest pay increase for troops in six years.
Although the bill is expected to be approved by the Senate, registering women for the draft turned into a political battle in the past few months.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) this morning released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the annual defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act .
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) and his Republican colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives this morning met with Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in the Capitol to discuss the shared goals between the incoming Trump Administration and the 115th Congress.
"The American Conservative Union feels it is very important that the leadership table includes conservatives. Roger Williams, in our opinion is one of the leading conservatives in Congress–having him around that leadership table will be very important–having someone around that leadership table, who has never wavered in his support for our nominee Donald Trump is very important," said Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the ACU.
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, a Bryan Republican, is vying for a high-ranking position among his party's leadership for the next Congress.
Flores is running to be vice-chair of the Republican Conference, a spokesman confirmed to the Tribune. If elected, Flores would play a crucial role in the organizational mechanics of the House GOP, which retained control of their chamber on Tuesday.
While Congress features no fewer than seven Texas chairmen, the state does not currently have a member in leadership.
Roger Williams will likely be remembered more for his political career than athletic career.
But the congressman from the 25th district of Texas, which stretches from Tarrant County in the north to Hays County in the south, had a distinguished baseball career at TCU.
And Williams added another baseball accolade Wednesday night as the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
CLEBURNE, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin) today announced that on Wednesday he will congratulate James Clay, an Army veteran, on being the recipient of a new roof to be donated by a local roofing company.
Clay, a native of Johnson County, was stationed in Japan and spent six years in the Army Reserves while segregation existed in the United States.