Press Releases
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today dedicated a Post Office in Sugar Land to fallen Marine Lance Corporal Garrett Gamble. Gamble was killed on March 11, 2010 while patrolling during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was a 2008 graduate of Stephen F. Austin High in Sugar Land. Several members of the Sugar Land community attended the Post Office renaming.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) will attend the dedication of the new Anne McCormick Sullivan Elementary School on Sunday, October 16, 2016. Anne Sullivan was a graduate of Dulles High School in the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) and a Houston firefighter.
Washington, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow the lower court ruling stand, which rejected the Obama Administration’s illegal executive amnesty:
Washington, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today issued the following statement in strong support of the 40th Anniversary of bipartisan support for the lifesaving Hyde Amendment, which has saved over 2 million lives by preventing the use of taxpayer funding for abortion:
Washington, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today issued the following statement in response to the news that former Israeli President Shimon Peres passed away:
Washington, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter, led by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Congressman Diane Black (R-TN), to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell expressing opposition to the Department’s new proposed rule to amend regulations implementing the Title X Family Planning Program.
Washington, DC - Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) last night acted to block future ransom payments by the United States to Iran. Olson voted for H.R. 5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act, which prohibits cash payments to Iran and demands transparency among the executive branch and Congress.
Washington, DC - Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today issued the following statement admonishing the terrorist attack on the Indian army base in Uri:
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) on Saturday welcomed a group of 20 high school students to serve on his 2016-2017 Congressional Youth Advisory Council (CYAC). The advisory council is comprised of a group of high school students from across the congressional district who serve as Olson’s advisors on issues critical to the youth of America.