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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Announces More Than 15,500 Matters Resolved on Behalf of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District Residents

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Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that her office has successfully resolved more than 15,500 matters for residents of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District. Her office assists residents with matters before federal agencies, including obtaining benefits from Social Security, Medicare, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as addressing matters before the Small Busines...

‘Taking away food is taking away everything’: Texans brace for SNAP cuts

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Texas has been called the hungriest state in the country, having the highest food insecurity rate nationwide, according to the nonprofit Feeding America. One in six Texans regularly goes hungry, a third of whom are children. That's more than 3% above the national average. Federal and state programs designed to ease hunger and poverty, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, pr...

Safer Beauty Bill Package Targets Federal Gaps in Cosmetics Safety

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The beauty and personal care industry touches the lives of every American. The average American adult uses nine personal care products a day. Recently, there’s been growing concern about chemicals like formaldehyde, mercury, asbestos, and lead in beauty and personal care products, which may be linked to cancer, infertility, poor infant and maternal health outcomes, asthma, and numerous other serio...

Lawmakers introduce package of bills aimed at making beauty products, industry safer

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“Beauty is wonderful, but I think safe beauty is the real glow up,” said Christin Birkhead. She has been a makeup artist for more than two decades and is also the owner of Conceptual Beauty, a company that offers on-site hair and makeup services in Washington D.C. and surrounding areas. Spectrum News caught up with Birkhead, who said she wants to see more safety standards in the beauty industry. “...

Cornyn Calls FBI on Texas Democrats (w/ Rep. Lizzie Fletcher)

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Texas Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher joins Sarah Longwell to take on the shameless power grab happening in Texas. Texas Republicans are trying to ram through a mid-decade redistricting plan that could give the GOP 80% of the state’s congressional seats—even though nearly half of Texans vote Democratic. View this interview in The Bulwark.

USAEF 2025: ‘The U.S. Cannot Sit on the Sidelines’ in Africa’s Energy and Minerals Race

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The 2025 U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) opened in Houston on Wednesday with a direct message to U.S. investors and policymakers: Africa represents one of the most significant energy investment frontiers of the 21st century – and the United States (U.S.) risks losing ground without immediate, coordinated action. Against a backdrop of global competition and shifting energy security priorities, U....

As Texas pursues mid-decade congressional redistricting, some members of Congress aim to ban the practice

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At least a dozen members of Congress of both political parties are sponsoring multiple bills that would ban mid-decade congressional redistricting, which Texas Republican state lawmakers are now pushing at the behest of President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott. But the prospects of such legislation passing in the current Republican-led Congress are bleak. The trio of bills would bar states from...

As Texas Republicans Violate Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Redistricting Attempt, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Marks 60th Anniversary of Landmark Law

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Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) marked the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and condemned Republican efforts to undermine it. The landmark bill, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law, prohibits states from discriminating against voters based on race or background. The anniversary comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Republicans, at the direction o...

Democrats speak out from Illinois on day two of quorum break

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As Texas Democrats began their second full day of breaking quorum to prevent the legislature from approving redrawn congressional maps, a group of House Democrats were joined by national and Illinois Democrats, along with their counterparts in the U.S. House at a media conference Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon’s session of the House, 54 Democrats were not present in the chamber, enough to preven...

Democrats Rally Behind Texas Colleagues in Redistricting Showdown

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Democratic officials rallied in Chicago on Tuesday behind more than 50 Texas House Democrats who left their state last week to block a GOP-led redistricting plan they say could help Republicans flip up to five congressional seats. Speaking at a press conference on Aug. 5 alongside the Texas delegation, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and others described ...

Texas Dems vow to continue fight against redistricting

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Texas Democrats vowed to continue their fight Tuesday against redistricting efforts backed by Republicans. Lawmakers were joined by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, just one day before the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Pritzker and other Illinois leaders pledged to back the lawmakers, saying Republicans were following President Donald Trump...

Texas redistricting map sparks debate ahead of public hearing

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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries voiced his support for Texas Democrats at the state Capitol Thursday, just one day after Texas Republicans released a proposed congressional redistricting map. Jeffries emphasized the importance of transparency, saying, "First and foremost, we have to make clear to the people of Texas what's taking place." The proposed map, designed by the National Republ...

Democrats accuse GOP of racism in proposed Texas map

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House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and purposefully disenfranchising millions of minority voters in the process. “The truth of the matter is: Somebody has to have the courage to say that it’s racism,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), a member of t...

Texas Democrats in Congress vow to fight proposed new boundaries they say are illegal

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Texas Democrats in Congress vowed Wednesday to fight a Republican redistricting proposal, with several blasting the new map as an illegal effort to muffle the state’s minority voices. “This map is a disaster — crafted to divide neighborhoods and rig the game for Donald Trump,” U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, said in a statement. “It’s a desperate move from a party losing its grip on a c...