U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher is tired of Congress not doing its job. The Houston Democrat said she knows Republicans are in the majority and get to call all the shots, but she’s alarmed that her GOP colleagues are not standing up more when the White House chips away at the powers that are spelled out for them in the U.S. Constitution. More specifically, she said the U.S. Constitution makes clear that... Read More »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary to urge Congress to remember its purpose and to use its power to protect, support, and defend the people and the Constitution of the United States. Congresswoman Fletcher’s full testimony is available here. Congresswoman Fletcher’s remarks as prepared are available below: Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Sc... Read More »
Sarah sits down with Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher to break down the Texas redistricting ruling and why a Trump-appointed judge delivered a major surprise. They dig into what this means for 2026 and why the fight over fair maps is far from over. View this interview in The Bulwark. Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, H.Res. 581, to force the Trump administration to release all files related to the sex-trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein at the Department of Justice. “The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and the American people deserve the truth, and today the House took an important step toward providin... Read More »
In a stinging setback for President Donald Trump and Republicans, a federal court on Tuesday blocked a newly drawn congressional map in Texas that would have given the party an edge in winning five more House seats. In a 2-1 ruling, a judicial panel issued a temporary order stopping the new map from taking effect and found the state had to instead use the map it drew in 2021. The ruling, if it sta... Read More »
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has quickly appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court a ruling that the redistricting passed by lawmakers at the urging of President Trump was based on racial gerrymandering. "Any claim that these maps are discriminatory is absurd and unsupported by the testimony offered during ten days of hearings," Abbott, a Republican, said in a statement. "This ruling is clearly erroneous and u... Read More »
The newly redrawn congressional map touted by Texas Republicans, which would have laid the groundwork for the party to pick up at least five new seats in the 2026 midterm election, was blocked Tuesday by a panel of three judges in El Paso. The judges said the new map violated the U.S. Constitution because it was drawn based on race. The ruling means Texas will be required to use the map drawn in 2... Read More »
A panel of three federal judges has ruled that Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, blocking the map from taking effect ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he plans on filing an appeal. The 2-1 ruling followed a nearly two-week trial in El Paso. The court's decision marks a ... Read More »
Fort Bend County resident Koretta Brown desperately wanted the federal government shutdown to end but she didn’t want it to come at the expense of affordable healthcare for her senior citizen parents and millions of other Americans. Brown got good news and bad news last week. The U.S. House voted 222-209 on the evening of November 12 to pass a funding agreement, which will extend through January ... Read More »
Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and the Texas Democratic Delegation sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott requesting that he set a date for the runoff election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District as soon as possible, as he is required to do by law. “All Texans and all Americans deserve representation in our government,” the members wrote. “This is a bedrock principle of o... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371, the Senate’s partisan spending bill to fund the government until January that fails to meet the needs of the American people and includes corrupt payments to Senators. “The federal government shutdown has been painful for families across our community and our country. That is why I have returned to Washin... Read More »
On Thursday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) hosted a virtual town hall on the federal government shutdown. She was joined by representatives from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and Community Health Choice, who spoke about the shutdown’s impact on federal employees and the public, identified resources, and answered questions about how to navigate open enrollment and ... Read More »
A federal judge ruled recently that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has to provide, at the very least, partial benefits to food stamp recipients in November, but single moms like Hillary Randall who are dependent on government assistance say the only notification they’ve received is that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is monitoring the situation. Randall told the Houston Press l... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) led 100 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy encouraging the Trump administration to reinstate workers at the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), who were il... Read More »
Employed single mothers who make less than $41,000 per year rely on about $400 a month in government assistance to feed their children. But as the federal government shutdown closes in on the one-month mark, hundreds of thousands of families in Harris County and the surrounding area won’t be able to get groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Anticipating a looming crisis,... Read More »
