Nikema Williams
- Previous profession
- Professional advocate
- First public office
- 2017Member, Georgia State Senate, 2017 to 2021
- Years in public office
- 9
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Williams has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
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The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Williams is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Williams votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Williams votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Williams votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Williams votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Williams votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.
Williams votes differently from most House Democrats on 4 of 60 Yes and No votes: No on the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants, No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, No on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
The annual defense policy law.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 1 law and 3 executive orders.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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6 excerpts
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“On March 26, 2026, Trump signed the executive order “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” which does not protect against discrimination but instead reinstitutionalizes it. The order prohibits federal contractors from conducting targeted outreach to vendors of color, establishing mentoring or leadership development programs for underrepresented entrepreneurs, or directing any resources toward inclusion.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActMarch 17, 2026
“The attacks on reproductive health care from this administration and congressional Republicans continued with an estimated 15 million Americans poised to lose health insurance under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Republicans’ failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, and a budget proposal and partisan spending bill for FY2026 that sought to eliminate the Title X program entirely.”
- Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American ElectionsOctober 21, 2025
Congresswoman Nikema Williams Denounces Attempt to Undermine Open, Fair, and Accessible Elections
“The petition is part of a broader campaign, exemplified by Executive Order 14248 and the so-called SAVE Act, to manufacture disinformation about non-citizen voting as a pretext for shrinking the electorate.”
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“The move appears to be part of Executive Order 14248, signed March 25, 2025, titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.”
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“Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) along with Congressional Voting Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) issued a forceful rebuke of President Donald Trump’s March 25, 2025, Executive Order entitled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The letter, sent directly to Trump and signed by an additional 55 members of”
- Continuing the Reduction of the Federal BureaucracyMarch 26, 2025
“(WASHINGTON) – Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), along with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09), wrote a letter to President Donald Trump calling for clarity on how his March 14, 2025 Executive Order (Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy) will impact the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, a statutorily authorized and funded program.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 13 spending items this member requested, $9,591,150 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e GA City of East P Berry Drive S RepairsEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate GA DeKalb County Storage TankEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $561,150 |
| Spelman College | Public Law 119-74 | SAFE-SPEL: Spelman College Public Safety Department's Advanced Framework for Ensuring Safety and Security on CampusDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $437,000 |
| Communities In Schools of Atlanta, Inc. | Public Law 119-74 | Violence Prevention and Mental Health Programming in Metro Atlanta SchoolsDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $401,000 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities | Public Law 119-74 | Job Training & Career Pathways for Georgia's Returning CitizensDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $300,000 |
| Georgia Center for Child Advocacy | Public Law 119-74 | Justice & Healing for the Fighting FifthDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $850,000 |
| Clark Atlanta University | Public Law 119-74 | Clark Atlanta University Security ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $250,000 |
| Morris Brown College | Public Law 119-74 | Scaling Security & Safety at Morris Brown CollegeDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $700,000 |
| Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) | Public Law 119-75 | Securing Rail & Bus FacilitiesDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | GA | $250,000 |
| Clayton County Government | Public Law 119-75 | Small Business Incubator Facility in Clayton County, GADepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $1,200,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Public Schools | Public Law 119-75 | Building Two New Schoolyards in the Atlanta AreaDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $700,000 |
| City of Atlanta | Public Law 119-75 | Food Ecosystem--Farms and Gardens Development and ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $850,000 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta | Public Law 119-75 | Thomasville Heights Apartments Green InfrastructureDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $2,000,000 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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