Pete Sessions, R-TX

Pete Sessions is a Republican Representative from Texas's House District 17.

Quick Links:

• Entry on the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Official Website

Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hr216-119 - To amend the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 with respect to the determination of violations. (aka SEC Act of 2025)
• hr3092-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for additional requirements with respect to electrodiagnostic services under the Medicare program. (aka Electrodiagnostic Medicine Patient Protection and Fraud Elimination Act of 2025)
• hr242-119 - To require annual surveys of Federal employee managers, and for other purposes. (aka MANAGER Act)
• hr3416-119 - To require that each agency provide any communication in alternative accessible communication formats. (aka Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025)
• hr3420-119 - To amend Federal law to remove the terms "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation", and for other purposes. (aka Words Matter Act of 2025)
• hr3417-119 - To establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes. (aka Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025)
• hr1175-119 - To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project relating to disability benefits of blind individuals. (aka Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025)
• hr3080-119 - To ensure health care fairness and affordability for all Americans through universal access to equitable health insurance tax credits, reformed health savings accounts, and strengthened consumer protections, and for other purposes. (aka Health Care Fairness for All Act)
• hr2277-119 - To amend the CARES Act to extend the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee through December 31, 2026, and to change the name of such Committee to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee, and for other purposes. (aka FACT Act)
• hr572-119 - To prohibit the use of non-monetized or unqualified factors for regulatory analyses, and for other purposes. (aka RED TAPE Act)
• hr5125-119 - To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes. (aka District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025)
• hr4863-119 - To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide for lump sum catch-up payments for certain 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victims and 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victims. (aka Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.