Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement in response to the President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget plan:
“President Obama’s overdue budget blueprint once again prioritizes growing the size of government over growing our economy and jobs. In a plan that never balances, the President proposes $1.1 trillion in job-destroying tax hikes to fuel more out-of-control government spending.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of the fiscal year 2014 House budget resolution:
WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act offered by House Rules Committee Vice Chair, Congresswoman Virgina Foxx:
WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today announced Subcommittee Chairmen and Republican subcommittee assignments for the committee in the 113th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a joint statement today regarding a new iBook for the rules of the 113th Congress Republican Conference of the U.S. House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding the No Budget, No Pay Act:
“For nearly four years, the Democrat-led Senate has failed to meet its most basic obligation by refusing to pass a budget. Americans in the private sector face consequences for failing to do their jobs, and I strongly believe that we should impose the same accountability on Members of Congress. The objective of the No Budget, No Pay Act is simple: if you don’t do your work, you don’t get paid.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, welcomed Republican Members to the Committee and announced the Vice Chair for the 113th Congress today.
House Rules Committee Members in the 113th Congress are: Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK), Congressman Rob Woodall (R-GA), Congressman Richard Nugent (R-FL), Congressman Daniel Webster (R-FL), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, made the following statement today regarding the House Rules package for the 113th Congress, which passed the House today:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA) issued the following statement today on the passing of Judge Robert Bork:
“I am deeply saddened by the news of Judge Robert Bork’s passing. Not only was Judge Bork one of America’s great legal minds, but he was also a tremendous public servant. Judge Bork built a reputation as a conservative icon due to his work in politics, his impressive jurisprudence on the bench, and his impeccable scholarship and academic pursuits. His leadership will be missed.”