Roger Williams
Republican
· TX-25 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Small Business (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · International Development · and Monetary Policy · and Workforce Development · and Rural Business Development
Influence Score
47.3
Least exposed
↓ -0.4
vs 118th (47.6)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
3.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,880
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,341
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.7
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,506 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.43M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $41K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 35.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 47.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 47.2 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$45,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$36,500
Total from all networks
$1,476,016
Networks contributing
233
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Who funds Williams
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$601,656
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
3.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
16
Money that arrived near votes
$54K
Distinct donors
25
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
2.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
CITIZENS 1ST BANK
$7K
PLAINS CAPITAL BANK
$7K
LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
SOUTHWEST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERV
$4K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$4K
HBLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
HRLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
FIRST BANK OF THE LAKE
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.72M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.63M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.56M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
EY
$1.44M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.34M
KPMG LLP
$1.30M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.29M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Roger Williams comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13K
Disclosed outside spending
$13K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.06%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$9K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$9K
COMMITTEE FOR DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES
$2K
TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC
$943
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$594
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION C
$22
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$6
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $316K to Roger Williams across 33 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$316K
Shared contributors
21
Contributions
33
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 | 24 | $189K |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | $95K |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | $33K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Roger Williams or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MADISON SMITH | Majority Staff Director, Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Cus… | COZEN O'CONNOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES | 29 | 105 | 2023–2025 |
| MADISON SMITH | Majority Staff Dir, Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs,… | RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES | 14 | 33 | 2025–2025 |
| KENT WILLIAMS | State Senator representing the District 30. Senator Williams joined me as a cour… | NADIK CONSULTING | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Roger Williams ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required