Williams speaks to Jack County Republicans
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Congressman Roger Williams, right, speaks to a constituent during his Town Hall Meeting Oct. 11. Williams, who will represent Jack County in Congress beginning in January, spoke of what he will continue to do in Washington. Photo/Brian Smith
New Congressman Roger Williams, who gets Jack County into his new District 25, gave a Town Hall meeting Tuesday night.
Williams, a Weatherford car dealer, had no interest in running for Congress, preferring to support those that did. Angry with the people that he helped for doing nothing in Washington, he decided to run in a 13-contestant primary, and won.
He’s won six straight terms in the U.S. House and has come a long way, now the Vice-Chair of the Small Business Committee. He says if Republicans take the U.S. House next month, which he says they should be at least 15 seats, he will become Chair of the committee.
Williams is one of the few small business owners in Congress, so he has a good idea what is wanted and needed on the committee. With his new district, he is representing about one million people, which each Texas representative does.
Still, Williams tries to get around and meet his constituents. He has been in Jacksboro twice since being elected and he won’t officially be Jack County’s congressman until January.
He said Republicans are in a fight and they need to punch back.
“If we vote, we win. It’s that simple,” Williams said. “If we don’t, we lose.”
Williams has three concerns heading into this session of Congress: • The economy – He says it’s good but teetering. He told stories of people not being able to get staples like tater tots and a simple American flag. Building the supply chain where it’s not coming from abroad is crucial.
“We should be the supplier of the world, not the buyer of the world,” Williams noted.
Williams called the border a disaster, which is what socialism does. Illegals are coming over to the tune of nearly $700,000 people a week.
“We have five million people here that we don’t know who they are,” Williams said. “We’ve sent them places and we don’t know where they are either. They have court dates here but we won’t be seeing them.”
Williams stated having the Keystone Pipeline shut down early in the Biden Administration has set the tone for energy, and that the President is now talking to OPEC and China to get oil. Williams has a solution for the issue.
“Biden needs to come to West Texas to be for oil and gas instead of OPEC and China,” Williams said. Williams said voting in next month’s election is crucial to the future of America.
“Are we going to be 330 million sheep or 330 million Patriots? You decide,” Williams said.
