Republican Rep. Roger Williams John (Roger) Roger WilliamsThe Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Yoho apologizes for accosting AOC Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me' Cook shifts 20 House districts toward Democrats MORE (Texas) said Tuesday that he opposes the national emergency declared by President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE to build a border wall.

Williams, asked about Trump's national emergency declaration by a constituent at a town hall event Tuesday, gave a clear "no" to supporting it, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

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“The reason that I have not been supportive of the declaration is because Congress has done a really poor job, we ... Congress, both sides of the aisle, put the president in this situation, OK, but I don’t support it from a selfish standpoint,” Williams said at the event, according to the Statesman.

He then reportedly went on to explain that the emergency declared by Trump could take border wall funding that currently goes towards military bases, specifically noting Fort Hood, and saying he’d “hate to see a lot of those dollars diverted from that.”

Williams’s district, which he is in his fourth term representing, includes a majority of Fort Hood and is not on or near the border.

He added during the town hall that there are “serious issues on the border.”

“But I have not been a big proponent of the emergency declaration,” he said. “Congress let people down by not taking an aggressive stance in coming up with a border security bill.”

Despite Williams's comments at the town hall, a spokesperson suggested the congressman might still be able to back Trump on the declaration.

Spokesperson Hanna Allred told The Hill that Williams was worried about money being taken away from renovations at Fort Hood, but that recent comments from acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Patrick Michael ShanahanHouse Armed Services chairman expresses confidence in Esper amid aircraft carrier coronavirus crisis Boeing pleads for bailout under weight of coronavirus, 737 fallout Esper's chief of staff to depart at end of January MORE that military housing would not be touched was an "important step."

"While he has expressed concern about money being taken away from much needed barrack and facility renovations at Fort Hood, Acting Secretary Shanahan’s recent comments that military housing will not be touched is an important step, and Congressman Williams will continue to push the issue to make sure this is the case," she said in an email.

GOP Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE (Maine) on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say she would back legislation to block Trump's emergency declaration, which he issued last week.

--This report was updated on Feb. 21 at 12:21 p.m.