Pat Williams
Senior Fellow
Pat Williams served Montana as its U.S. Congressman for nine terms, serving from 1979 to 1997. During that time, Williams was a member of the committees on: Budget, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Agriculture. Within Education and Labor he chaired the committees on Postsecondary Education and Labor-Management. As a Deputy Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Williams had legislative process jurisdiction over the many congressional bills affecting workplace legislation such as minimum wage and family and medical leave. When Pat left the Congress he was serving the most populated Congressional District in the United States.
Congressman Williams, a Montana native, is an educator by profession and upon leaving the Congress he resumed his career at the University of Montana where he teaches courses in environmental studies, history, and political science. Congressman Williams’ wife, Carol, is the Minority Leader of the Montana State Senate, the first woman to serve in that position.