Press Releases 114th Congress
Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill (H.R. 1732) that restricts the administration’s efforts to expand federal jurisdiction over additional bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.
Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill that provides annual funding for energy and water development related agencies, including nuclear weapons security programs, the Army Corps of Engineers, and various other programs under the Department of Energy.
Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of H.R. 2029, the FY 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of the first complete bicameral budget resolution since 2001:
“With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, we were finally able to pass a bicameral budget resolution, something the Congress failed to do time and time again under Democratic leadership at taxpayers’ expense.”
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Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Committee on Rules, today issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage this week of two bills to combat the growing threat of cyber attacks:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the introduction of legislation to reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House’s passage of bills that repeal the death tax and make the tax code more fair and reliable:
WASHINGTON, DC – 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 the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 650) and the Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 685), which help more Americans gain financial independence and afford mortgages:
Washington, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today announced Congressmen Bradley Byrne (R-AL) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) will serve as the newest members of the House Rules Committee.
Byrne, who was elected to Congress in 2013 in a special election, also serves on the House Committees on Armed Services and Education and Workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2), which repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and replaces it with a long-term solution to Medicare repayment: