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Pete Sessions is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 32nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held office in the House from 1997 to 2005, representing Texas's 5th congressional district. During his time in Congress, Sessions focused on various issues including veterans' affairs and fiscal responsibility. He has been involved in efforts to support veterans and their families, highlighting the importance of organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 189 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 189 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my friend, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…
I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), my distinguished colleague on the Rules Committee.
The gentleman is going to have just his opportunity today because I am sure we are going to vote on this. I would like to advise the gentleman that I have no speakers. We spent a couple of hours yesterday in the Rules Committee fully…
I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I wonder if the gentleman would be kind enough to allow me to reclaim the balance of my time because I had yielded back, and two of our speakers have just shown up.
I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to reclaim the balance of the time I yielded back. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There…
the pending measure, H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, violates section 311(b) of the fiscal year 2009 budget resolution by causing a net increase in the long-term deficit in excess of $5 billion in the 10…
I am delighted that the gentleman was able to have these two additional bright speakers, including the gentleman from the Rules Committee, Mr. Polis. So things worked out very well. I want to thank my dear friend from Massachusetts (Mr…
I have been a strong advocate and a believer that it is time for us to fix the physicians' payment method for Medicare and Medicaid--for the providing of health care by doctors--and put it on a permanent basis right now. We have 17 times…
I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. He had to sit through the long hearing yesterday, and it was a most interesting one. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to point out that the Rules Committee asked Members…
I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In honor of Equal Pay Day, if we defeat the previous question, which I will ask Members to vote ``no'' on, we will offer an amendment…
I hope the gentlewoman recognizes she needs to be talking to the White House probably most of all. During the last few years, every time this issue comes up, we refer to White House pay and equity among women who work at the White House…
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