WILLIAMS, ROGER (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Reading of U.S. Constitution, H1164 [23JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind (see H.R. 2010), H3102 [4AP]
——— prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H517 [11JA]
——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 2014), H2938 [1AP]
——— prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome (see H.R. 4903), H8594 [29OC]
——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 833), H1282 [29JA]
——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H715 [17JA]
——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]
——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1394 [6FE]
Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H3276 [18AP]
Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H1170 [23JA]
Budget: cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product to right-size the Government, grow the economy, and balance the budget (see H.R. 3930), H7376 [24JY]
——— provide that any estimate prepared by CBO or Committee on Taxation (Joint) shall include costs relative to servicing the public debt (see H.R. 638), H1519 [11FE]
Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 512), H518 [11JA]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 611), H2102 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: support F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Program (see H. Res. 177), H2368 [5MR]
Dept. of Education: expand military student identifier program to include students of parents who serve in the National Guard and Reserves (see H.R. 1896), H3305 [29AP]
——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H6001 [17JY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see H.R. 1903), H5203 [26JN]
——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 647), H7559 [9SE]
——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H7559 [9SE]
Dept. of State: submit report on designation of Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 1700), H8827 [13NO]
Dept. of the Treasury: abolish Federal Insurance Office (see H.R. 1862), H2795 [25MR]
——— improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 3561), H8910 [15NO]
Dept. of Transportation: extend I-14 interstate highway to additional areas in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi (see H.R. 2220), H3253 [10AP]
——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase passenger rail cars or buses from China and require rail transit operators to develop and execute a plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks (see H.R. 2739), H5008 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H12211 [18DE]
——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H1585 [13FE]
——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H8828 [13NO]
——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H2887 [27MR]
——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 553), H2762 [21MR]
Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5317), H10611 [17DE]
Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]
FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H7834 [19SE]
FEMA: provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce flood risks (see H.R. 1610), H2583 [7MR]
Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 1222), H3276 [18AP]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H998 [22JA]
Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H12211 [18DE]
Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 37), H8596 [29OC]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H3681 [9MY]
House Rules: require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee (see H. Res. 110), H1519 [11FE]
Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H2615 [8MR]
Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 5200), H9121 [20NO]
Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H2940 [1AP]
——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H2940 [1AP]
Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1394 [6FE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]
Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office, Castroville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4785), H8386 [22OC]
LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7162 [22JY]
Lucas Lowe Post Office, Hardin, TX: designate (see H.R. 1250), H2030 [14FE]
McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H2939 [1AP]
Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 888), H1465 [7FE]
Medicare: improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H7904 [24SE]
——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H9388 [9DE]
——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H8298 [21OC]
——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H7536 [6SE]
NASA: award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see H.R. 1396), H5007 [20JN]
National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H4011 [20MY]
North American Development Bank: authorize U.S. participation in a general capital increase (see H.R. 132), H3220 [9AP]
——— authorize U.S. participation in a general capital increase, consponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 132), H7756 [17SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H7378 [24JY]
——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H4065 [21MY]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]
Political science: express that socialist proposals such as Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness, and the Green New Deal are antithetical to American foundational values of self-responsibility and opportunity (see H. Res. 675), H8718 [31OC]
Postal Service: establish rules and procedures relative to use of centralized delivery of mail to residential housing units (see H.R. 2158), H8741 [8NO]
——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H8880 [14NO]
Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]
Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H4433 [11JN]
Purple Star Families Week: designate (see H. Res. 734), H9179 [26NO]
Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]
Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 897), H1465 [7FE]
Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8103 [8OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]
SEC: carry out a study with certain Federal agencies on accounting standards (see H.R. 3182), H4388 [10JN]
Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H7379 [24JY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H8056 [26SE]
——— replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment, such as teachers, first responders, and other public servants (see H.R. 3934), H8542 [28OC]
Sports: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of integration of baseball (see H.R. 3483), H5166 [25JN]
Taxation: clarify that payment of taxes on deferred foreign income in installments shall not prevent credit or refund of overpayments or increase estimated taxes (see H.R. 2985), H8785 [12NO]
——— establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H4314 [4JN]
——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H9222 [3DE]
——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 219), H678 [16JA]
——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H8082 [27SE]
——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1518 [11FE]
——— provide for an investment tax credit relative to production of electricity from nuclear energy (see H.R. 2314), H3264 [12AP]
——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H8299 [21OC]
——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H9222 [3DE]
——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]
——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H7666 [11SE]
——— terminate credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and provide for Federal highway user fee on alternative fuel vehicles (see H.R. 1027), H8880 [14NO]
——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1679), H8741 [8NO]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4634), H8960 [18NO]
Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1854), H2795 [25MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: modernize funding of wildlife conservation (see H.R. 877), H1363 [5FE]
Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic, Odessa, TX: designate (see H.R. 2334), H3274 [18AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Justice: establish a grant program to encourage schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (see H.R. 3665), H5583 [10JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require $1 coins issued during 2019 to honor George Bush and issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Pierce Bush (see H.R. 1173), H1581 [13FE]
Financial institutions: make improvements relative to State banking agencies (see H.R. 241), H227 [4JA]
——— provide that the consumer transaction account deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker (see H.R. 4501), H8052 [26SE]
FRS: prohibit certain member banks from using discount window lending programs (see H.R. 2079), H3099 [4AP]
Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 431), H461 [10JA]
National Destroyer Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 229), H2745 [14MR]
Overton, Richard A.: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H518 [11JA]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of Justice: establish a grant program to encourage schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (H.R. 3665), H5584 [10JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require $1 coins issued during 2019 to honor George Bush and issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Pierce Bush (H.R. 1173), H1584 [13FE]
Financial institutions: make improvements relative to State banking agencies (H.R. 241), H228 [4JA]
——— provide that the consumer transaction account deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through a deposit broker (H.R. 4501), H8054 [26SE]
FRS: prohibit certain member banks from using discount window lending programs (H.R. 2079), H3100 [4AP]
Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (H.R. 431), H463 [10JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2617 [11MR]
Remarks
Abortion: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), unanimous-consent request, H4031 [21MY]
Armed Forces: tribute to military families, H8835 [14NO]
Congress: tribute to congressional baseball game, H7397 [25JY]
Financial institutions: make improvements relative to State banking agencies (H.R. 241), H7580 [10SE]
House of Representatives: require all impeachment inquiry related hearings, interviews, communications, document production and examination, proceedings, and other related work be done in an open and public setting, H8377 [22OC]
Immigration: proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H614 [16JA]
Political science: assessment of socialism, capitalism, and the free market, H10010 [10DE]
Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (H. Res. 149), H2222 [26FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, H7604 [11SE]
Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12156 [18DE]
Tributes
Barcroft, Faith C., H2342 [5MR]
Chambers, David, E1382• [31OC]
Hale, Colby, H1252 [29JA]
Jenkins, Dan, H2677 [12MR]
Perot, H. Ross, H5732 [12JY]
Perry, Sec. of Energy, H8945 [18NO]
Plunk, Alyssa J., H2618 [11MR]
Seffrood, Frank, H2004 [14FE]