Press Releases 114th Congress
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 hold the IRS accountable for their actions and ensure their employees are held to the same standards as the American people:
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 a measure that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating the rates charged for broadband internet access service:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH), Chairman of the House Rules Committee Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, issued the following statement in response to the subcommittee hearing on Proposed Reforms to Rule XXI and the Modern Authorization and Appropriations Process:
“Yesterday’s subcommittee hearing began an open process to make the House of Representatives work better. The proposals we discussed were thoughtful, and our subcommittee members engaged in a robust discussion.
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 rein in the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and allow more small banks to access capital to help them provide more products and services to their customers:
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, April 14, 2016, the House Rules Committee’s Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House will meet for a hearing entitled “Proposed Reforms to Rule XXI and the Modern Authorization and Appropriations Process.” The hearing will take place in room H-313 of the U.S. Capitol at 3:00 PM and witnesses are by invitation only. Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) serves as Chairman of the subcommittee.
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 make clear which federal agency would exercise authority over mergers under the Clayton Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Rules Committee made available text of the House Rules and Manual in XML format on the Government Publishing Office (GPO) GitHub account, allowing for greater functionality, transparency and better usability. Additionally made available are the Constitution and other support pages that will allow greater functionality with regard to referencing, analysis and indexing:
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 a resolution allowing the Speaker of the House to file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court litigation United States v. Texas, which questions the constitutionality of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) policy:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after an original jurisdiction markup and hearing before the Rules Committee on a resolution allowing the Speaker of the House to file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court litigation United States v. Texas, which questions the constitutionality of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) policy:
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 a measure that would ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet can devote their limited resources to broadband deployment, rather than compliance with onerous regulatory requirements: