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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 25th District

Roger Williams

Republican 7th term Up 2026 Chair · Small Business

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.7M raised · top PACs: Ally Financial Inc. Advocacy, American Bankers Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 5 of 50 party-line votes (10%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
96AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2013–now
13 years in CongressMore senior than 73% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business Chair
  • Financial Services 7th majority
Age
77

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date494072266748
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2812221,2352

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Labor and Employment 29% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 20% 10%
Commerce 9% 38%

StatementsBills

Words go to Labor and Employment, Government Operations and Politics and Immigration; bills go to Commerce and Finance and Financial Sector.

  • He talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Cost of Living (Taxation), Commerce.
  • 40 bills sponsored, most on Commerce.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairSmall Business CommitteeFull committee
MemberFinancial Services Committee7th majority

Chair of the Small Business Committee, more senior than 73% of the House, in the majority.

  • 13 years in Congress: more senior than 73% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

4% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Williams.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

4% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Van Epps.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 32 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 18 · expected 6
Beyond committee 14 · expected 4.5
Passed House 7 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 21 of 433 in the House

3.02expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

7 of 32 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 3.02 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 10329 (out of committee), H.R. 826 (passed a chamber), H.R. 6546 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.59

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.59, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 5 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Williams$1.7M raised35%59%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

5% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.7M raised, 35% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 99.4 points.

52 PACs of the 92 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Banking.

  1. Ally Financial Inc. Advocacy48% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants37% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

124 bills

Williams voted Yea on 52, Nay on 3, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 66 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.