Williams is the representative for Texas’s 25th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Williams is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX25]](/static/legislator-photos/412578-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Williams is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Williams has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 13, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Roger Williams sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Williams was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3213 (114th): Fixed Asset Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 3060 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 232 Southwest Johnson Avenue in Burleson, Texas, as the “Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building”.
Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Williams sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (40%) Health (13%) Education (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Commerce (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Taxation (7%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Williams recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7689: United States Secret Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 2022
- H.R. 7664: Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2022
- H.R. 6802: Preventing Racial Profiling in Lending Act
- H.Res. 793: To express the support of the House of Representatives that no governmental entity …
- H.R. 5294: Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021
- H.R. 4548: Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Uniformity Act
- H.R. 3365: Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to May 2022, Williams missed 210 of 5,324 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
