Car dealership owned by Texas Rep. Roger Williams received loan through coronavirus relief fund for

Car dealership owned by Texas Rep. Roger Williams received loan through coronavirus relief fund for small businesses


WASHINGTON — Rep. Roger Williams has been a vocal champion of the paycheck protection program, hailing the small business assistance fund created by Congress as “needed relief” that will keep mom-and-pop operations “moving forward” amid the coronavirus outbreak.

It turns out the Austin Republican knows firsthand the loan program’s benefits.

A North Texas car dealership owned by Williams received a loan for an undisclosed amount through the fund, which is designed to allow businesses to keep workers employed through the health crisis, the dealership said Friday in response to questions from The Dallas Morning News.

Roger Williams Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Weatherford said in a statement that “like millions of small businesses across America, our family-owned business was not immune to the economic damage caused by the government’s shelter-in-place orders and the impacts of COVID-19.”

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