Official portrait of Roger Williams
U.S. House · Texas, District 25

Roger Williams

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 3, 2013Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

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.

56 Yes · 0 No · 4 Did not vote
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The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.

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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 Yes 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 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 Epstein Files Transparency Act; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, Williams votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Williams votes to cancel 23 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 1. The rules Williams votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

Williams votes the same way as most House Republicans on all 56 of these Yes and No votes.

Williams did not vote on the Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, the law that cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions and the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.

Votes on laws that passed

Most recent

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes Yes
Public Law 119-110 · Signed September 16, 2026Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.

House 376–8Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-109 · Signed September 16, 2026Local Access to Courts Act

Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.

House 378–10Senate: without objectionVotes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed September 2, 2026Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes

Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

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 1 executive order.

From the official record

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From this member’s press releases

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These are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.

2 excerpts

  1. Congressman Williams Introduces Legislation to Reduce Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers

    “WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25) introduced the Freedom to Compete Act to codify President Trump’s Executive Order titled Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers.”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint c27dd70cbd501886

  2. Public Law 119-15June 24, 2025

    Congressman Williams Introduces Two Bills to Restore Economic Freedom, Regulatory Certainty, and Energy Market Integrity

    “Trump signed H.J.Res. 87 into law, overturning California’s biased waivers that allow them to create their own emissions regulations.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 77a0aecc8f75d453

Member-requested spending

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Congress printed 1 spending item this member requested, $3,575,000 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.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Tarleton State UniversityPublic Law 119-75Stephenville Innovation and Incubation HubDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundTX$3,575,000

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 requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.

Online ads

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Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.

Campaign money

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Where this comes from

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Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Image courtesy of the Member
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House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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