Press Releases

Today, Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) released the following statement after the jury returned with thirty-four guilty verdicts in the New York v. Trump case in Manhattan.

Yesterday, Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) joined Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) and 24 colleagues in introducing Congressional Joint Resolution, H.J.Res. 147, to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “worker walkaround rule,” which will fundamentally change the nature of workplace safety inspections and open the door for third parties to use an OSHA inspection as an opportunity to collect information about the workplace, target workers for an organizing drive, or obtain proprietary business information.

Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) introduced H.R. 8373, the No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act, along with Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06). This legislation would prohibit the payment of pensions to civil servants who are convicted of certain sex crimes. Senator Joni Ernst (IA) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) sponsored the U.S. Senate companion of this bill.

The U.S. House passed Congressman Pete Sessions' (TX-17) legislation, the GSA Technology Accountability Act (H.R. 7524) by unanimous consent.

Congressman Sessions (TX-17) opposes the DOJ's proposal to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance, under the Controlled Substances Act.

Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) voted against H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.

Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) voted in favor of H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, securing federal funding for multiple projects across the 17th Congressional District of Texas.