Pete Sessions
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Texas - District 17
Current Position: US House Representative TX-17
Running For: House Representative
Policy Positions
Health Care
- For repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); voted to repeal ACA and pass American Health Care Act in May 2017
Education
- For parental rights in education and against laws that take away parental rights
Environment
- For delaying implementation of 2015 EPA ozone standards; sponsored bill to delay for nine years
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; has 100% lifetime voting record with National Right to Life
- Against transgender curricula in schools; opposes teaching children that transgender lifestyles are 'normal'
- For defunding Planned Parenthood
- For magic being recognized as "a rare and valuable art form and national treasure"
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against the second impeachment of Donald Trump and voted to overturn 2020 election results
- Against the Office of Congressional Ethics; called it 'a political witch hunt' and defended plans to dismantle it
- Against banning members of Congress from trading stocks
- Against increasing federal funding for election security in July 2018
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against the DREAM Act in 2010
- For Trump's 2017 travel ban on immigration from predominantly Muslim nations
- For building a U.S.-Mexico border wall; supports 'America First' immigration policies
Public Safety
- For gun rights; has lifetime 'A' rating from NRA and is lifetime member of Texas Rifle Association
- Against cannabis legalization; called THC 'addictive' and 'dangerous' and opposed state-level cannabis policies
- For the 1033 program allowing military equipment transfers to police; cosponsored legislation to reverse Obama administration restrictions
- Against disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy victims in 2012
- For disaster relief for Hurricane Harvey victims in 2017