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 the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act, which would extend the compliance dates of the final 2015 Brick MACT rule pending judicial review:

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 requires states to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information with respect to Medicaid provider terminations to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse within the system:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that the House will consider a resolution authorizing the Speaker to file an amicus brief in the United States v. Texas litigation in the coming weeks:

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 measure that provides a uniform approach to deciding fraudulent joinder, an act where trial lawyers unfairly add a party to a lawsuit for the sole purpose of keeping the lawsuit in a state court favorable to the plaintiff:

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 measure that would revise the Food and Drug Administration’s menu labeling regulations to account for the unique requirements of certain food establishments, such as pizza restaurants that must account for a large number of variations in the composition of each pizza:

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 legislation that would require the current administration to appear before the Congress prior to each and every potential debt limit increase:

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 provides for greater accountability in federal funding for scientific research by requiring non-technical explanations of a project’s scientific merits and how it serves the national interest:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, last week was named a leader of one of the six committee-led task forces announced by House Speaker Paul Ryan on February 4, 2016. The task forces will be charged with developing a bold, pro-growth agenda and will be run by committee chairs of jurisdiction, while also including input from all members to ensure broad perspectives and ideas.