McCaul to Attend D.C. Benefit for Bastrop County Wildfire Relief
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) will attend the Hill Country Live Wildfire Benefit in Washington, D.C. to help raise money for Bastrop County wildfirerelief efforts. The benefit will take place Monday, January 30, at Hill Country, a distinctly Texas barbecue and live music venue in Washington, D.C. frequented by members of Congress from… Texas.
“Hill Country is a piece of Texas sanity in the middle of Washington and this event is an extension of our Texas values of helping our neighbors in need,” said Congressman McCaul, whose 10th District includes much of Bastrop County’s scorched terrain.
SiriusXM Outlaw Country's Dallas Wayne, of Austin, will host and perform along with bands from Saskatchewan, Canada and the Washington, D.C. area. The benefit will
feature both a silent and live auction. Funds raised will be administered by United Way Capital Area of Texas and the Bastrop City Council.
Last week Congressman McCaul announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide $31,319,686 in much needed emergency aid to Texas following the wildfires that spread throughout the state in 2011. At least 80 percent of the assistance will go to Bastrop County, which suffered the greatest extent of damage with more than 1,500 homes destroyed.
In October, Rep. McCaul chaired an Austin field hearing before his Homeland Security Oversight & Investigations subcommittee examining the federal government’s response to the wildfires. He arrived on the scene within hours after the fires started to spearhead coordination between federal, state and local responders.
“People in Bastrop County have gone through a lot over the last five months. This event shows the help is here for thelong haul. Whether it’s federal assistance or private philanthropy, we’re not going away,” McCaul said.
Congressman McCaul, whose little-known hobby is playing guitar (and he’s really not that bad), has not ruled out an impromptu stage appearance at the benefit.
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Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Austin) with Dallas Wayne at the Hill Country-DC benefit for Bastrop County wildfire victims in Washington, D.C. Monday night. Wayne, a country music singer, songwriter, and host on Sirius-XM Radio, lost his home in the Bastrop fires.
McCaul, Wayne and Mark Glosserman, owner of Hill Country-DC with the "Luckenbach" sign that Congressman McCaul purchased at the auction contributing to the benefit.