Pete Olson

Pete Olson has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 22nd district of the State of Texas, since 2009.

War on Terror
Olson supports continuing the war in Iraq, and he supported the Iraq troop surge. According to his campaign Web site, he says that a proper defense beings with "good intelligence and surveillance – we must use every tactic available to intercept terrorist communications, disrupt their funding, infiltrate their ranks, and keep them from carrying out their dreams of destruction on American soil." Olson also says he will work for more Port security and first responders.

Energy
Olson supports exploring and producing more oil, natural gas and coal domestically. He also supports expanding incentives for nuclear power, wind, solar, geothermal, hydrogen fuel cells and other types of renewable energies.

Immigration
Olson does not support amnesty for illegal immigrants, or providing government benefits to illegal immigrants. He does, however, support increasing border fences, surveillance, detention facilities and border agents.

Taxes
To ease the burden on middle class families, Olson says he will support expanding child tax credits and tax breaks for stay at home parents. He also wants to create a stay at home parent GI Bill, that allows stay at home parents to earn credits for continuing education once their children are grown up or in school.

Healthcare
Olson supports allowing small businesses to work together to get affordable healthcare plans for their employees at the discounted prices given to big businesses and unions.

Government Spending
Olson says he will vote for legislation that requires federal agencies to prove themselves worthy of their funding. He also says he will work to eliminate excessive spending, earmarking and taxation.

Space Exploration
Olson supports fully funding NASA. He believes that relying on other nations for new information on space is not in American national interests

Social Issues
Olson does not support abortion, except when the mother's life is in danger. He does not support same sex marriage.

Second Amendment
Olson says he will vote to protect Second Amendment rights.

Bio
Olson was born December 9, 1962, in Fort Lewis, Wash. He graduated from Rice University in 1985 with a B.A. in computer science, and he graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988. After he passed the bar exam, he joined the U.S. Navy and served for nine years. Olson has worked on the staff of Sen. Phil Gramm and was the chief of staff for Sen. John Cornyn. Pete and his wife, Nancy, have two children.

2008 elections
He was seeking the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Tex.). The primary took place on March 4, 2008. Olson received 20.72%, qualifying for a runoff election in April 2008. He faced Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. Olson won the primary runoff and went on to defeat Nick Lampson in the November general election.

Money in politics
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Campaign Contact Info
Olson for Congress Committee 13515 Southwest Freeway, Suite 207 Sugar Land, TX	77478 281-342-7383 Luke Marchant

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Texas’s 22nd Congressional District
 * Pete Olson for Congress