A conservative community leader, U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions has combined hard work, innovative thinking, and common-sense principles to successfully represent the 32nd Congressional District of Texas.
Congressman Sessions grew up in Waco, Texas. He graduated from Churchill High School in San Antonio and went on to graduate from Southwestern University in 1978, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees. He worked for then-Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 16 years, retiring as District Manager for Marketing in Dallas. As a businessman, he served as Chairman of the Northeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
Thanks to this private sector experience, Congressman Sessions understands the need to fight bureaucracy and to utilize market-driven solutions to effectively solve problems in our communities and in government.
Congressman Sessions serves as the Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Rules, which is best known for establishing the terms and conditions of debate on the House floor, including most importantly determining the amendments – if any – that are made in order for a vote. In 2008 and 2010, he was elected by the House Republican Conference as Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. In 2010, Chairman Sessions dedicated himself to winning the majority back from Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats, and thanks to his leadership Republicans won a net of 63 new seats and the House majority.
Congressman Sessions is married to Karen Sessions. Congressman Sessions is a proud Eagle Scout, as are two of his sons Bill and Alex. Bill is a second year MD/MBA student at Texas Tech University Medical School, and Alex is a Down syndrome young man. Pete is also the father to three stepsons – Conor, Liam and Nicholas. Congressman Sessions resides in Dallas, Texas, and continues to be active in his community where he is an Adopt-A-Shoreline Team Leader in the effort to maintain White Rock Lake in Dallas and an Advisor to the President of Special Olympics Texas.
A conservative community leader, United States Congressman Pete Sessions has combined hard work, innovative thinking, and common-sense principles to successfully represent the 32nd Congressional District of Texas.
Congressman Sessions grew up in Waco, Texas, attended Churchill High School in San Antonio, and went on to graduate from Southwestern University in 1978, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees. He worked for then-Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 16 years, retiring as District Manager for Marketing in Dallas. As a businessman, he served as Chairman of the Northeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and he also worked at the National Center for Policy Analysis, where he began developing a public policy expertise in health care issues. Thanks to his private sector experience, Congressman Sessions understands the tough decisions that employees and employers face when navigating the health care insurance market and recognizes the frustrations that physicians face when it comes to delivery high quality health care to their patients.
When Chairman Sessions ran for Congress in 1993, he committed himself to fighting against the top-down, state-run health care plans coming out of the Clinton Administration, and messaged his criticism in a creative way that still resonates in the annals of American political science textbooks – he drove around the district with a livestock trailer full of horse manure that stunk less than HillaryCare.
While in office, Chairman Sessions has focused his attention closely on health care issues. He is currently working closely with Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on a bill that would replace ObamaCare with a health care system that encourages patients and doctors to work together to make their own choices when it comes to health care. His legislation would utilize a universal health tax credit to make health care plans more affordable, portable, and workable, and it would liberate doctors from onerous unnecessary federal regulations that require far too much time from physicians who would prefer to dedicate their hours in the office to what they do best – taking care of their patients.
Congressman Sessions serves as the Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Rules, which is best known for its role as the legislative gatekeeper within the House of Representatives. In 2008 and 2010, he was elected by the House Republican Conference as Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, and in 2010 he successfully met his goal of defeating Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats and restoring control of the House in Republican hands.
Congressman Sessions is married to Karen Sessions. He is the proud father of two sons, Bill and Alex, and three stepsons, Conor, Liam and Nicholas. Congressman Sessions resides in Dallas, Texas.