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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S.
Since 1990, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has discovered approximately 200 sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnels crossing from Mexico directly into the United States. Each of these tunnels provide the opportunity for thousands of pounds of narcotics, like heroin, and dangerous criminals who deal in human trafficking to freely cross our southern border.
Today, the House Homeland Security Committee advanced legislation introduced by Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, to establish Border Tunnel Task Forces to secure our southern border and crack down on the smuggling of illegal substances into our country.
Throughout the month of September, we are partnering with various organizations and groups to raise awareness throughout Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide can affect any member of our community, no matter age, race, or gender. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control, there is one death by suicide every 12 minutes in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today voted in support of H.R. 1635, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act. After the passage of the bill, Congressman Sessions released the following statement:
The tax reform we enacted last year is producing results. Instead of having the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world, the United States is a more attractive place to work and save and invest.
Today, U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) joined the Department of Energy Secretary, Rick Perry, in hosting a roundtable with North Texas energy industry leaders on making America energy independent.
As we continue to work our way through the mire of immigration reform in Congress, it is critical that we have all of the facts at hand. Late last week, the independent, nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study I requested in 2015 entitled "Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, Convictions, Costs, and Removals.”
For 56 years, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been the primary way in which Congress executes its Article 1 constitutional obligation to “provide for the common defense.” In today’s dangerous world we cannot afford to allow our enemies the slightest military advantage, and we need to make sure our men and women serving on the front-lines are equipped with cutting-edge to