Highlights from our chat with Congressman Sessions
Smith, The Waco Bridge September 28, 2026
Longtime U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions sat down for a discussion about Waco issues Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.
Those issues included funding for Baylor University research, local impacts of healthcare and immigration policy, and efforts to honor hometown Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller.
The Waco Republican spoke with Waco Bridge Editor-in-Chief J.B. Smith and fielded questions from an audience consisting mostly of Wacoans who attended the public policy event.
Sessions grew to prominence as a Dallas-based congressman from 1996 to 2018, then was elected in 2020 to represent District 17, which includes his hometown of Waco.
Sessions is running in the Nov. 3 midterm election against Democrat Casey Shepar…