Pols became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1] In parliament, he served on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities.[2][3] In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group with Cyprus and Malta.
From 2014 to 2016, Pols was one of the members of the country's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, chaired by Ursula Heinen-Esser and Michael Müller.[4]