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Press Release - Sessions Disapproves Ambush Elections Rule

Mar 19, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House passage of a measure (S.J. Res. 8) expressing disproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush rule,” which expedites union elections and forces employers to give substantial personal information about their employees to unions without consent or confidentiality standards in place:

Press Release - Sessions Applauds Passage of EPA Reform Bills

Mar 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 and H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015:

Announcement - Dear Colleague: Requirement for Amendments to Budget Resolutions

Mar 17, 2015

Dear Colleague:

As you begin to contemplate possible amendments to the House Budget Resolution, I want to remind all Members of a continuing requirement that was adopted as part of the opening day Rules Package. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes, but the new requirement is applicable to all amendments.

Announcement - Meeting Announcement for H. Con. Res. 27

Mar 17, 2015

The Committee on Rules will meet on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following emergency measure:

H. Con. Res. 27—Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.

**Text of this measure will have been available for four calendar days before the Rules Committee meets.

Announcement - Meeting Announcement for S.J. Res. 8 and H. Res. 132

Mar 12, 2015

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 3:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measure:

Press Release - Sessions: House Republicans have upheld a long-standing promise to protect our homeland

Feb 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of Senate Amendment to H.R. 33, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015:

Announcement - Meeting Announcement for H.J. Res. 35

Feb 26, 2015

The Committee on Rules will meet tonight, Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 8:30 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following emergency item:

H.J. Res. 35—Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.