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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 2406, The Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015 (SHARE Act).
While President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2017 budget of $4.1 trillion sets aside more than $580 billion for Department of Defense spending and offsets the continued effects of sequestration, the budget is fundamentally flawed, according to the offices of U.S. Reps. Roger Williams and John Carter, the two Republican congressmen who represent Fort Hood and the surrounding area.
Obama sent the budget in early February to Congress, which will have months to mull it over before voting on it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Texas) this morning released the following statement after President Barack Obama announced his plan to close the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and transfer its housed enemy combatants:
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Texas) today invited high school students residing in Texas’ 25th congressional district to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition.
Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in each congressional district.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Roger Williams (R – Texas) and Ryan Zinke (R – Mont.) have commemorated Texas Christian University’s win over University of Oregon in the Alamo Bowl with the terms of their wager made in December.
Williams, a former All-Southwest Conference center fielder at TCU, and Zinke, a former All PAC-10 center with the Oregon Ducks, both bet on their alma maters.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Texas) announced today that he has received the National Retail Federation’s 2015 “Hero of Main Street” Award.
The recipients, according to the NRF, are a “bipartisan group of 289 members of Congress (who) support retail industry priorities such as international trade, patent reform, health care, tax reform and workforce policies that work for employees and employers alike.”
Williams is a second generation small business owner and rancher.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Texas) today released the following photo of his meeting with P.J., a Special Olympics Texas athlete and volunteer from Amarillo, Texas who was on Capitol Hill Wednesday to discuss the importance of the organization’s impact on individuals with intellectual disabilities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court Tuesday night, in a 5-4 vote, put a hold on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule on carbon emissions from power plants:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the White House this morning announced President Barack Obama’s $4.1 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
Deficits are down and the stock market is up – that premature victory chant by President Barack Obama couldn’t be further from the truth today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged more than 2,000 points from its high, and according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the federal government is projected to spend 544 billion dollars more than it will take in this fiscal year alone.