Press Releases 114th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in support of the 21st Century Cures Act, an effort led by House Republicans to modernize and personalize health care, encourage innovation, support research and streamline drug and device approval, which passed the House:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of legislation that improves forest management activities and returns resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding the House’s passage of H.R. 5, Student Success Act:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Committee on Rules, today announced the chairmen and Republican rosters of each of the two Rules subcommittees, which were formally approved today.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act, legislation to protect households and businesses from significant adverse effects on electricity reliability:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a provision within the Affordable Care Act that restricts seniors’ access to Medicare and allows unelected Washington bureaucrats to make decisions about cutting Medicare payments to doctors if their spending targets are not met:
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 the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015, legislation that eliminates an unfair excise tax that discourages medical innovation:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s approval of Trade Promotion Authority language to ensure the Congress has the authority to oversee trade deals introduced by the president, which he was instrumental in helping to enact:
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 the FY16 Defense Appropriations bill, legislation to provide necessary resources to continue essential military efforts abroad:
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 the Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015, a bill that brings the United States into compliance with WTO guidelines: