Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) shared information about the Texas Legislature’s public redistricting hearings. She plans to testify at both the House and Senate hearings. On Monday, the Texas Legislature convened its special session with Congressional redistricting on its 30-day agenda. While neither the Senate nor the House has introduced the official proposed new congressional map,... Read More »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) led the Texas Democratic delegation in introducing the Texas Flood Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2025 to provide $15 billion in federal funding for recovery efforts following the devastating floods in Central Texas earlier this month. “Flooding in the Texas Hill Country has brought devastation and heartbreak t... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) introduced a resolution reaffirming key constitutional principles, including the separation of powers, checks and balances, due process of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the power of Congress to control spending and declare war. The introduction of this legislation comes as President Trump and his admi... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led the Texas Democratic delegation in sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking for an investigation into the whole-of-government preparation for and response to the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country earlier this month. The effort comes as the Texas legislature convenes for a special session, where addressing flood d... Read More »
This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) led a hearing highlighting attacks on birth control access. The hearing comes as the Trump administration freezes family planning funding, and as Republicans in Texas and states across the country restrict access to contraception. At the hearing, members of Congress heard testimony from and questioned reproductive rights... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) reintroduced the Toxic-Free Beauty Act, which prohibits the use of certain hazardous chemicals from personal and professional care, beauty, and salon products sold in the United States. Some of the chemicals used to create personal and professional care, beauty, and salon products have been linked to serious harm... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), Congresswoman Kim Schrier (WA-08), and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-02) introduced the Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act—legislation to protect Americans’ access to safe and effective medications that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The effort respon... Read More »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) co-sponsored the Anti-Rigging Act, H.R. 4358 that Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced. This bill to ban the practice of mid-decade redistricting unless courts require it pursuant to the Voting Rights Act. The introduction of the bill comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott added congressional redistricting to the special legislative session, which is schedu... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the Senate Amendment to Republicans’ Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, which they are calling the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025.” In May, Congresswoman Fletcher voted against the House’s original version of the legislation. The Senate has since modified the bill, but its overall goals and effects are the same:... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) reintroduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to establish a grant program to help ease the financial burden of women and families being forced to travel, sometimes long distances, to access abortion care. The reintroduction comes as abortion is now banned in 19 states and as threats to reproductive ca... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Supreme Court released its decision in Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. “Every American deserves access to high quality, non-judgmental reproductive health care at the place of their choosing. Today’s Supreme Court decision is extreme... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) reintroduced the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act with Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and more than 128 original co-sponsors. Her legislation, which passed the House in the 117th Congress, protects the constitutional right to travel between the states, including for the purpose of getting re... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after President Trump ordered military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities: “President Trump’s decision to order direct military action in Iran without authorization from Congress violates the Constitution and continues a deeply troubling pattern of actions that undermine our system of government and our efforts to... Read More »
A Texas lawmaker is among those who sent a letter to the U.S Treasury Secretary urging the department to examine how President Donald Trump’s tariffs disproportionately cost women more than men. U.S. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, a Houston Democrat, and Brittany Pettersen, of Colorado, sent a letter this past week on behalf of the Democratic Women's Caucus to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent citing resea... Read More »
This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) led 19 of their Democratic Women’s Caucus colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent urging an investigation into potential gender bias and regressivity within the U.S. tariff system. The letter follows reports that the U.S. tariff schedule places higher import taxes on women th... Read More »
