McWilliams Governmental Affairs Consultants
McWilliams Governmental Affairs Consultants
Our Services
McWilliams is an Austin, Texas-based governmental affairs consulting firm that offers the intimacy of a boutique lobbying firm with the resources and capabilities of a national organization.
The Firm has decades of strategic experience working in and around the Texas Legislature - ensuring that the client is always represented on both sides of the political aisle. McWilliams Governmental Affairs offers a combination of detailed, information-based lobbying together with unparalleled expertise in the Texas legislative process.
At McWilliams, the principals are always intimately involved in every aspect of the client relationship and employ an individualized, hands-on approach specifically tailored to each client's needs. On behalf of our clients, we are involved at every level of crafting policy in both the legislative and regulatory arenas.
Clients
Current and Former Clients of mga Include…
Clients
Current and Former Clients of mga Include…
Advocare International, LP
Alamo Colleges Foundation, Inc.
Alston & Bird LLP
OneShare Health, LLC
American Med Spa Association
AmeriPlan Corporation
Appriss, Inc.
Ascendant Capital, LLC
AshBritt, Inc.
Auction.com, LLC
Austin Community College Foundation
Avesis Incorporated
Axenic Health Solutions, Inc
Baxalta U.S Inc.,
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Benefitfocus, Inc.
Blue Origin, LLC
Bonded Filter Company
Business & Decision North America
Career Education Corporation
Careington International
Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc
Carrier
Cerner Corporation
CGL Companies
Citibank, N.A.
City of Cotulla
City of Laredo
City of Laredo
Civitas Capital Management, LLC
codeMantra
Collin County Community College
Consumer Data Industry Association
Consumer Health Alliance
CSID Corporation
Cutting Edge Group
Dallas Clean Energy, LLC
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dimont and Associates
Ecova, Inc.
Esper
Everbridge, Inc.
Express Scripts, Inc.
First Element
Galveston College Foundation
Garrett Electronics
Gartner, Inc.
General Dynamics
Grayson County College Foundation, Inc.
Harden Healthcare Texas LP
HeliMedic
Homeowners for Fair Taxes & Services
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Hunt Development
HY Holdings, Inc.
IDEMIA Identity & Security USA LLC
Impero Solutions, Inc.
Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
Interceptor Ignition
International Greenstream
International Health Sharing Inc.
Istation
K 12 Inc.
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
Kindred Healthcare Operating
LaSalle County
Lennar Corporation
Lexmark International Inc.
Liberty Tire Recycling
Luminex
MetLife, Inc.
Montauk Energy Holdings, LLC
Morrow Renewables, LLC
MTX Group
New Benefits, Ltd.
Odessa College Foundation, Inc
Office Depot, Inc.
OneShare Health LLC
OpenGov
Oracle Corporation
Orchard Laboratories
Panda Biotech, LLC
Pansophic Learning
Parker University
Paxman Coolers Ltd.
Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc
PowerSchool
PreCash, Inc.
Qualico Communities
RB Tech Ridge LLC
Refund Advisory Corp
Rekor Systems
Revel Transit
Rubrik
Rush Enterprises
Ryan, LLC
Savannah Family Institute
SBT Distributors, LLC
Semperis
Shire
SolarBridge Technologies,
South Texas College Foundation
Southern Energy Solution
Stark Holding Inc.
Summit Power Group, Inc.
Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC
Supply Line International Medical, LLC
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
TexAmericas Center
Texarkana Mack
Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm
Texas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape
Texas Truck Dealers Coalition,
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Thomson Reuters
TikTok Inc.
TransparentBusiness
Trilogy Integrated Resources
Truman Arnold Companies
United Properties
USA Training Company, Inc.
Verizon Wireless Inc.
ViZn Energy
WellHealth
Westgrove Advisory Group, LLC
Ztar Mobile, Inc.,
Texas
Texas
According to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, if Texas were a country, it would have the 9th largest economy in the world.
The State of Texas is led by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who was elected to his first term in November 2014. Prior to his election, Governor Abbott was the 50th and longest-serving Attorney General of Texas. Approximately 29 million people call the 267,000 square-mile state home, which ranks second in population in the nation. Texas consists of 172 state agencies employing over 1 million people, 254 counties, and more than 1,200 municipal governments. The State Capitol is located in Austin, covering three acres of land while providing 18 acres of office space. The state has over 5.3 million public school children in over 9,000 public schools across more than 1,200 school districts employing nearly 370,000 educators. Texas’ system of public higher education encompasses 37 general academic institutions; three lower-division institutions; 53 community and junior college districts; one technical college system; and 14 health-related institutions, which include two new medical schools that opened in 2019. Over 1.5 million students are enrolled in public higher education in Texas.
Texas spends over $100 billion per year, and $248.6 billion was approved for the 2022-2023 biennial cycle during the 87th Texas Legislature, with an approximate $11.4 billion Rainy Day Fund at the end of 2021. In the $248.6 billion budget, only around $116 billion is general revenue money. The rest of the funding comes from the federal government or was placed in the highway fund and bond proceeds, the uses of which are tightly specified. In SFY 2020, Texas ranked 48th for per capita spending by state, meaning there is likely less fat to trim when making budget cuts in Texas than in other states.
Notwithstanding continuing supply-chain issues stemming from the COVID-19 Pandemic, as of January 2022, the Texas economy had added 709,400 non-farm jobs in the past year for an annual increase of 5.7 percent. Private-sector employment rose by 6.3 percent while government employment (federal, state, and local) grew by 1.5 percent from January 2021 to January 2022. Texas added over 800,000 jobs in the past year, and it was one of only four states to have a higher level of employment at the start of 2022 than when the pandemic began. As of January 2022, Texas’ total non-farm employment stood at 13,106,300.