/ News ItemsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the STREAM Act, which ensures transparency in the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) over its process of governing the interaction between surface mining operations and streams, known as the Stream Buffer Zone:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), today issued the following statement after voting in favor of a measure that would protect victims involved in class action litigation by ensuring that all members of a proposed class seeking monetary relief after suffering an injury have the same level and scope of injury, rather than allowing the courts to continue to allow classes to be certified even when all members of the class do not share the same injury type or scope:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of two bills that provide Americans and small businesses relief from the federal regulatory process:
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, January 11, 2016 at 5:00 PM on the following measures:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of a budget reconciliation package that will cut the federal deficit by half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years by repealing the core parts of the president’s health law and defunding Planned Parenthood:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Rob Woodall (R-GA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, today issued the following statement in response to the subcommittee meeting on a bill to establish biennial budgets for the United States Government:
Dear Colleague:
The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of January 11th to grant a rule that would provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 1644, the STREAM Act.