Pete Sessions represents Texas's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He previously served as U.S. Representative for Texas's 32nd District from 1997 to 2019 before returning to Congress in 2021 representing the 17th District. Sessions currently serves on the Financial Services Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with assignments to several subcommittees including those focused on national security, capital markets, and healthcare financial services. During his earlier tenure, he chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 to 2019.

Name

Pete Sessions

Party

Republican

State

Texas

District

TX-17

Committees

National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee, Government Operations Subcommittee, Financial Services Committee

Key Fact 1

Pete Sessions first entered Congress in 1997, representing Texas's 32nd Congressional District until 2019.

Key Fact 2

He served as Chairman of the House Rules Committee from 2013 to 2019.

Key Fact 3

Sessions was elected to represent Texas's 17th Congressional District in 2020, returning to Congress in 2021.

Key Fact 4

He serves on the House Financial Services Committee with assignments to the Capital Markets Subcommittee and the National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee.

Key Fact 5

Sessions also serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, including its Government Operations and Health Care and Financial Services subcommittees.

Key Fact 6

Before his congressional career, Sessions worked in the telecommunications industry.

Key Fact 7

He previously chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2009 to 2013.

Key Fact 8

Sessions is the son of former FBI Director and federal judge William S. Sessions.

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