Roger Williams
- Previous profession
- Professional athlete, Atlanta Braves; Professional baseball coach; Baseball coach, Texas Christian University, 1974 to 1976;
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- Professional athlete, Atlanta Braves
- Professional baseball coach
- Baseball coach, Texas Christian University, 1974 to 1976
- Business owner, Roger Williams Car Dealerships
- Chief liaison, Texas Border and Mexican Affairs, 2005
- First public office
- 2004Secretary of state, Texas, 2004 to 2007
- Years in public office
- 16
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 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
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
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
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From the official record
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2 excerpts
- Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory BarriersAugust 1, 2025
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.”
- Public Law 119-15June 24, 2025
“Trump signed H.J.Res. 87 into law, overturning California’s biased waivers that allow them to create their own emissions regulations.”
Member-requested spending
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.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarleton State University | Public Law 119-75 | Stephenville Innovation and Incubation HubDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | TX | $3,575,000 |
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Campaign promises
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Online ads
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Reported stock trades
Confirmed from the official record2 reports saved. 2 typed reports: rows Not checked yet.
- Report 20033783, filed January 15, 2026 · Typed report, rows not read yet · The Clerk's file
Our copy saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint 63ba2ba881b5cf50 - Report 20027867, filed March 1, 2025 · Typed report, rows not read yet · The Clerk's file
Our copy saved October 8, 2026 · Fingerprint 084938ecfb2bd1e7
Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.
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