Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions
Official portrait
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Bill Flores
Constituency	17th district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	John Bryant
Succeeded by	Colin Allred
Constituency	5th district (1997–2003) 32nd district (2003–2019)
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	David Dreier
Succeeded by	Jim McGovern
Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Leader	John Boehner
Preceded by	Tom Cole
Succeeded by	Greg Walden
Personal details
Born	Peter Anderson Sessions (1955-03-22) March 22, 1955 (age 69) Waco, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Juanita Diaz ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 2011)​ Karen Diebel ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Relatives	William S. Sessions (father)
Education	Southwestern University (BS)
Website	House website
Pete Sessions's voice Pete Sessions speaks in support of H.R.1492, the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 Recorded July 11, 2017

Peter Anderson Sessions (born March 22, 1955) is an American politician who serves in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 17th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party. He chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 to 2019 and is a former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.^[1] He was defeated for reelection by Democrat Colin Allred in 2018.^[2] On October 3, 2019, Sessions announced that he was running for Congress again in 2020.^[3][4] He was elected to the Texas's 17th congressional district seat on November 3, 2020.^[5]