PVP#85 Congressman Pete Hoekstra

Pete Hoekstra is a successful politician, businessman, and leader. He represented Michigan's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. Congress from 1993 to 2010. Congressman Hoekstra served as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2004 to 2007.  The HPSCI has oversight over the entire U.S. Intelligence Community.  Directors of National Intelligence, CIA, DIA, NSA, and other intelligence offices all answered to Pete Hoekstra. With this background and the knowledge his position gave him, he was a fair critic of the Bush and Obama administrations for intelligence failures.  

 

Mr. Hoekstra, as a former Chairman of the HPSCI one of the best informed men in the world, will share his views on the global threats Americans face, now and in the future.  Here is a rare opportunity for our audience to question the man who, until recently, was taskmaster of our nation's spy agencies. 

 

Mr. Hoekstra is currently campaigning for Senator for his state of Michigan. Before running for Congress, he worked at Herman Miller. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 and earned a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan.

 

In one of the major upsets of Michigan election history, Pete defeated a twenty-six year Republican incumbent in the congressional primary of 1992. It was truly a grassroots effort in which he was outspent at least 15 to 1.

 

In the U.S. House, Pete has served on numerous committees including Education and Labor, Budget, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He also was privileged to participate in the development of the Contract with America that in 1994 laid the foundation for Republicans to capture the House for the first time in 40 years.