Press Releases
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 legislation to create a uniform national standard for the labeling of food products that contain genetically engineered plants or ingredients:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement following the House’s passage of a bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act allowing states to establish permit programs:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement following the House’s passage of a bill to provide drought relief to states in the Western United States, mainly California:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement following the House’s passage of a spending measure to fund federal surface and hazardous materials transportation programs through December 18, 2015:
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: