Press Releases 114th Congress

May 25, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill to repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the respective roles of the District government and Congress in the local budget process of the Distri

May 24, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill that modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, to identify and control unreasonable risks of injury to health or the environment from the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of

May 24, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill that would return the state of pesticide regulation to the status quo of a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule:

May 19, 2016 Press Release

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. 4974, the FY 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act:
 

May 19, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017: 

May 19, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill to fund international and domestic efforts to combat Zika:
 

May 12, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia’s ruling in favor of House Republican’s challenge against the Obama administration’s spending under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:

Apr 29, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after the House passed legislation that would reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act.

Apr 28, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting to disapprove of the U.S. Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule:

Apr 21, 2016 Press Release

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 measures that would ensure that the IRS provides Americans with competent service and prevents them from rehiring delinquent employees:

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