Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced the No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act to bar any president from initiating civil lawsuits against the U.S. government while in office and to prohibit use of the Treasury’s Judgement Fund to settle civil claims a president filed, even after leaving office. The bill follows the announcement that President Trump initiated a lawsuit again... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced Selina Yuan as the winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District. Selina is a student at St. Thomas’ Episcopal School. Her painting Dedication will hang in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for the next year, along with artwork from other winners from congressional districts across the country. “... Read More »

Bellaire officials, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher and community partners gathered May 12 to break ground on the Cypress Ditch Regional Flood Mitigation Project. Several community members and representatives, including Houston City Council members Abbie Kamin and Edward Pollard, also attended the ceremony. “Flood waters do not know district or city lines,” Kamin said. “This is about community, and the... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act to reaffirm that mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, was appropriately approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that this approval preempts any state law seeking to prohibit or restrict access to the abortion pill. “More than 25 years ago, t... Read More »

Following last week’s Supreme Court decision to temporarily allow abortion pills to be received via mail, Representative Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) introduced a bill today that reaffirms the pill’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. The recent Supreme Court ruling temporarily blocked a lower-court decision to restrict access to Mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill. For now, this mean... Read More »

Fort Bend County congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher said she applauds a bill to end the DHS shutdown without funding ICE or Customs and Border Patrol. On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7147, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, a bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security through Fiscal Year 2026. This bill does not include funding... Read More »

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7147, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, a bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Fiscal Year 2026. This bill does not include funding for enforcement actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which collectively receive... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down Louisiana's congressional map and gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: "The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important civil rights laws in the history of the United States: the result of a generations-long struggle to ensure the... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Troy Carter (LA-02) introduced the Zealously Eliminating Legal Decisions of Ineptitude and Negligence (ZELDIN) Act to establish guardrails on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin's authority to terminate federal grants and abandon enforcement actions that protect communities from carcinogens for the remainder of... Read More »

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed on cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vaccine messaging and the firing of the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during a hearing on Tuesday. The hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health marked the final session of four budget hearings bef... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) secured passage of her bill, the Mystic Alerts Act, H.R. 7022. The Mystic Alerts Act improves Americans’ access to wireless emergency alerts by requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to encourage mobile service providers to adopt satellite alerting capabilities—technology that allows more people to receive life-saving alerts even if they ... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for H.Con.Res.40, a resolution to direct President Trump to terminate the use of the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly makes a declaration of war or authorizes use of military force against Iran. "The United States Constitution provides that Congress has the sole authority and solemn responsibility... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted in favor of legislation, H.R. 1689, which extends Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians across the United States until April 20, 2029. “Our Haitian neighbors in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District and across our country have sought refuge and contributed to our communities,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. “Sending them back to Haiti... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement as the United States conducts military strikes on Iran and President Trump issues grave new threats:. "Over the past several days, the President of the United States has posted statements that are unhinged and untethered to reality. Over the past few years, we have gotten used to seeing rambling, incoherent posts on his ... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that she helped secure more than $18,000,000 in congressional funding for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District through the Community Funded Project process. “I am glad to have positive news to report from Washington: I requested and secured more than $18 million in congressional funding for projects in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District,” ... Read More »