Congressman Pete Sessions talks politics, family, religion at Baylor Q&A
By Juliana Vasquez | News Writer, Jacob Stowers | Broadcast Reporter
Attendees of the Baylor College Republicans’ Q&A with Rep. Pete Sessions didn’t expect to leave with a box of pizza and a photo with the congressman, but that’s how most of them exited the Draper classroom Monday evening.
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During the Q&A, the District-17 U.S. representative gave some background on his 24 years as a congressman, family insights and motivation to continue civil discourse among students and citizens.
Sessions said he got his start in politics through God’s intervention. After working at AT&T for several years, he was asked to move to St. Louis for work. However, he and his wife had just had a son with Down syndrome and were cautious to leave the support system they had built in Dallas.
“I said, ‘I’m going to run.’ [Republicans] wanted to turn Congress into a majority … and they said, ‘We want new, young, deciding people. We want people to come up …