I was born, raised, and live in Waco, Texas, with my wife Karen. I am so proud to represent a new District with the Energy to work for Victory.

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Sessions was born on March 22, 1965, in Abilene, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Before entering politics, he worked in the family business and served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.

Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions was born and raised in Waco, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Waco with his wife, Karen.

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Pete Sessions previously worked in the family business.

Pete's pervious experience includes working as an executive with AT&T.

Pete Sessions (Republican) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas's 17th Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1996. Sessions has served in various leadership roles within the House, including as Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2011 to 2013.

Sessions has faced challenges in his political career, including a defeat in the 2018 election, but he returned to Congress after winning the 2020 election.

Pete currently serves as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 17th Congressional District. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1996, was defeated in the 2018 election, and returned to Congress after winning the 2020 election. He previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.

2026 Texas General Election

As a congressman from Texas, Pete is proud of the role he played to spur economic growth by lowering taxes, keep America safe by rebuilding the military, and encourage domestic energy production by reducing the burden of federal regulations.

Why Pete Sessions is running for Congress in TX-17 – Pete Sessions for Congress

* Federal Spending: Balance the budget by, first, freezing federal expenditures and, then, cut waste, fraud and abuse, which runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars every year. Pete was in Congress the last time we balanced the budget four consecutive years. We can do it again.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) introduced the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act (H.R. 8312) to expand the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Service’s financial and program integrity services and ensure the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s (PRAC) anti-fraud data analysis capabilities and resources are maintained in a permanent Inspectors General office.

The Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act fights fraud and promotes accountability by establishing a permanent Inspector General (IG) for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery (IGFAR) in the U.S. Treasury that has a government-wide role assisting individual agency Inspectors General in detecting and mitigating fraud in federal awards over $50,000.

Sessions Introduces Bill to Fight Fraud and Promote Accountability in Federally Funded Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) has introduced the bipartisan Independence Investment Fund Act, legislation establishing a dedicated investment fund within the Department of the Treasury to support U.S. based companies developing critical and emerging technologies, including biotechnology.

The bill creates a federal investment mechanism designed to bridge the funding “valley of death,” where promising early-stage technologies often fail to reach commercialization due to limited access to capital. By providing strategic seed to mid-stage equity investments, the fund aims to de-risk innovation, counter adversarial foreign investment, strengthen national and economic security, and accelerate the development of technologies central to America’s future competitiveness.

Congressman Pete Sessions Introduces the Independence Investment Fund Act to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Biotechnology and Emerging Technologies - Press Releases - United States Congressman Pete Sessions

Supports lowering taxes to spur economic growth.

Calls for freezing federal spending and cutting waste, fraud, and abuse to balance the budget.

Calls for freezing federal spending and cutting "waste, fraud, and abuse" to balance the budget.

Introduced the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act to establish a permanent Treasury inspector general focused on fraud in federal awards over $50,000.

Introduced the Independence Investment Fund Act to create a Treasury investment fund for U.S. companies developing critical and emerging technologies.

- Supports lowering taxes to spur economic growth.
- Calls for freezing federal spending and cutting "waste, fraud, and abuse" to balance the budget.
- Introduced the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act to establish a permanent Treasury inspector general focused on fraud in federal awards over $50,000.
- Introduced the Independence Investment Fund Act to create a Treasury investment fund for U.S. companies developing critical and emerging technologies.

Economy

A Waco native and faithful Christian, Pete Sessions is a pro-life conservative who currently represents the 17th Congressional District of Texas.

In Congress, Pete Sessions defends our gun rights, protects our religious liberty, and stands with President Trump to build the border wall. In the late 1990s, Pete was part of the House Republican team that balanced the budget four years in a row.

Issues – Pete Sessions for Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) has introduced H.R. 3417, the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025, aimed at ensuring that websites, applications, and online services are accessible to all Americans, including individuals with disabilities.

The bill affirms that entities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must not operate or maintain websites and software applications that are inaccessible to people with disabilities. It establishes a clear, enforceable standard for digital accessibility, reflecting today’s digital-first world and closing longstanding gaps in online access.

Congressman Sessions Introduces the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025 - Press Releases - United States Congressman Pete Sessions

Introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025 to require covered entities to make websites and software accessible to people with disabilities.

- Defends gun rights.
- Introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025 to require covered entities to make websites and software accessible to people with disabilities.

Public Safety

And Pete will be a stalwart for the Right-to-Life and the protection of the Second Amendment, as he fights against the Democrats in their attempts to impeach or investigate President Trump or his administration without any true legal cause.

* Health Care: The Democrat Socialists’ plan for putting our entire health care system into the hands of federal bureaucrats will reduce the quality of health care and lead to rationing of life-saving treatments, surgeries and prescription drugs. We can have high-quality health care at lower costs by reducing the role of government, repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with real reforms to health insurance.

Calls for repealing the Affordable Care Act, reducing the federal role in health care, and replacing it with health-insurance reforms.

- Opposes abortion access.
- Calls for repealing the Affordable Care Act, reducing the federal role in health care, and replacing it with health-insurance reforms.

Healthcare

Curricula in many school districts are teaching children that transgender lifestyles are “normal.” They are also using outside organizations to force their radical far-left ideas on teachers, parents, and students across the country. Right now, we are in an all-out ideology war. Conservatives will not tolerate parents being lied to and shoved into a corner of submission. Republicans will promote parental involvement, abundant educational opportunity, and stop laws that take away parental rights.

Supports parental involvement in education and opposes laws that take away parental rights.

Supports parental involvement in education.

- Supports parental involvement in education.

Education

Supports reducing federal regulations to encourage domestic energy production.

- Supports reducing federal regulations to encourage domestic energy production.

Energy & the Environment

As of August 25, 2026, Pete Sessions’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

His priorities are key policies of the conservative agenda still outstanding:

* Immigration: Pass key reforms in the nation’s immigration laws backed by the President, as we complete construction of the wall and obtain true operational control of our borders and ports of entry, while enforcing all visa restrictions.

Calls for completing a border wall, enforcing visa restrictions, and changing immigration laws to strengthen control of borders and ports of entry.

- Calls for completing a border wall, enforcing visa restrictions, and changing immigration laws to strengthen control of borders and ports of entry.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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- Introduced the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act to establish a permanent Treasury inspector general focused on fraud in federal awards over $50,000.
- Introduced the Independence Investment Fund Act to create a Treasury investment fund for U.S. companies developing critical and emerging technologies.

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