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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.

Contents 1 Positions, record and controversies 1.1 War on Terror 1.2 Energy 1.3 Immigration 1.4 Taxes 1.5 Healthcare 1.6 Government Spending 1.7 Space Exploration 1.8 Social Issues 1.9 Second Amendment 2 Bio 2.1 2008 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.2 Affiliations 5 More background data 6 Contact 6.1 Campaign Contact Info 7 Articles and resources 7.1 See also 7.2 References 7.3 External resources 7.4 External articles

Positions, record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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 ^[1]

Social Issues

Olson does not support abortion, except when the mother's life is in danger. He does not support same sex marriage. ^[1]

Second Amendment

Olson says he will vote to protect Second Amendment rights. ^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] Olson won the primary runoff and went on to defeat Nick Lampson in the November general election.^{[4] [5]}

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Koch Industries	$ 19,500
Kirby Corp	$ 19,400
Stanford Financial Group	$ 19,100
Contran Corp	$ 16,200
People for Enterprise/Trade/Econ Growth	$ 15,000
Petrobridge Investment Management	$ 14,100
Enerteq Engineering	$ 13,800
Leaman Building Materials	$ 13,800
Silver Eagle Distributors	$ 13,050
Every Republican is Crucial PAC	$ 10,000
Freedom Project	$ 10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn	$ 10,000
Texas Freedom Fund	$ 10,000
Textron Inc	$ 10,000
United Parcel Service	$ 10,000
Valero Energy	$ 10,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Pete Olson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Graham Revolving door profile for Pete Olson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Pete Olson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Pete Olson from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response
  • Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
• House Committee on Science and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines & Hazardous Materials
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment

Affiliations

More background data

Contact

DC office
312 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-5951 Fax: 202-225-5241 Webform email
District offices
1650 Highway 6, Suite 150, Sugar land, TX 77478 Ph: (none entered) Fax: (none entered) 17225 El Camino Real, Suite 447, Houston, TX 77058 Ph: (none entered) Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. Olson for Congress Committee, 13515 Southwest Freeway, Suite 207, Sugar Land, TX 77478 Ph: 281-342-7383 Fax: (none entered)

Campaign Contact Info

Olson for Congress Committee
13515 Southwest Freeway, Suite 207
Sugar Land, TX 77478
281-342-7383
Luke Marchant

Articles and resources

See also

• 2008 U.S. congressional elections
  • 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
• Portal:Texas and the U.S. Congress

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Pete Olson for Congress--Issues
2. ↑ Pete Olson for Congress--Pete's Biography
3. ↑ 2008 Republican Party Primary Election Returns, Texas Secretary of State's Office, retrieved March 6, 2008
4. ↑ Greg Giroux, "Texas GOP Runoff Goes to Ex-Senate Aide in Race for DeLay’s Old Seat", CQ Politics, April 9, 2008
5. ↑ "Texas 2008 General Election", TheGreenPapers.com, November 4, 2008

External resources

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

External articles

Semantic data (Edit data)

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