WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia’s ruling in favor of House Republican’s challenge against the Obama administration’s spending under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measures: 

• H.R. 4641—To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 5046—Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016

Dear Colleague:                                                   

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of May 9th to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 4641, to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.