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Republican from Texas
Roger Williams won election to represent the newly created Congressional District 25 in 2012. He is a former Texas secretary of state, the state's chief elections officer. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 as chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee’s Eagles fundraising program and also has served as state finance chair for John Cornyn's 2002 Senate campaign, according to his campaign website.
Recent statements involving Roger Williams
Says the federal government is spending $765,828 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
"The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs."
Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
Recent stories featuring Roger Williams
Checking facts before the Texas primary runoffs:
The word "criminal" has popped up in recent, checked candidate or campaign group statements. And for fiscal wonks, there’s a whopping Truth-O-Metered sales tax claim.
We invite you to read our latest items before the Texas primary runoffs.
Obama’s record on the Truth-O-Meter:
President Obama, stopping in Austin, naturally figures into many fact checks.
Roger Williams and pancakes for yuppies in Washington:
Williams cries foul about federal aid launching a Washington pancake house. We sniff the syrup.
Mailbag: ‘Dear Comrade... You performed exactly as we instructed’:
Readers objected to our finding no basis to a description of Barack Obama as a socialist.
PolitiFact checked more than 30 candidate claims before Texas party primaries:
We poked into more than 30 claims by, or about, candidates on the Texas party primary ballots, extending from remarks by U.S. Senate candidates through those by hopefuls for Travis County and Williamson County posts.
Reminders dead ahead.
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