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The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of February 1st to grant a rule that would provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 1675, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015.
WASHINGTON, 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 a resolution that provides Congressional disapproval of the “Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’”:
Dear Colleague:
The Committee on Rules may meet the week of January 25th to grant a rule that is likely to provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 3442, the Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2015.
WASHINGTON, 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: