Press Releases

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:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House passage of H.Con. Res 27, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016 which also sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025:

WASHINGTON– U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House passage of a measure (S.J. Res. 8) expressing disproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush rule,” which expedites union elections and forces employers to give substantial personal information about their employees to unions without consent or confidentiality standards in place:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 and H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015: