By: Dug Begley Houston has a Main Street, two of them in fact, but its actual main street — Westheimer —  is about to get a lot of attention from downtown to the western edge of the metro area as part of regional transit plans. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Houston and Metropolitan Transit Authority officials announced Wednesday that $5 million in federal funding will go to spruce up and… Read more »

By: Rachel Estrada Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) has secured $5 million in federal funding for Houston METRO’s Westheimer BOOST Project, an east-west crosstown bus route with the highest ridership in the METRO system and in all of Texas. The funding will be used to enhance the bus route with bus stop improvements, new shelters, improved passenger information, and easier boarding… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7) and officials from Houston Metro announced Wednesday a $5 million award from the federal government to the Metro Boost Project. The grant comes as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which President Biden signed into law in December. The bill allocates $800 billion in non-defense related appropriations, including $542 million in Transit… Read more »

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County will receive $5 million in federal grants to make improvements to its Westheimer Road corridor bus route. METRO officials will celebrate the award at a Feb. 22 news conference with U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, who recommended the project for federal funding. The funding will help METRO implement its BOOST corridor treatment, which… Read more »

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County will receive $5 million in federal grants to make improvements to its Westheimer Road corridor bus route. METRO officials will celebrate the award at a Feb. 22 news conference with U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, who recommended the project for federal funding. The funding will help METRO implement its BOOST… Read more »

E&E DAILY | A bipartisan group of members from both chambers on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would establish a revenue-sharing system for offshore renewable energy development. It marks the latest attempt by congressional lawmakers from coastal states and districts to ease existing restrictions on how much revenue they can recoup from the dollars that are generated off… Read more »

Speaker: Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher: Thank you, Madam Speaker. For a year and a half now, people in Texas who are able to do so have been traveling out of state to obtain abortion care, and now that 15 other states have banned abortion, more people are traveling even further to get the reproductive health care they need.… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher: Good morning. Thank you all for being here today. My beloved home state of Texas is in a crisis, as are states across the country where access to abortion has been effectively or altogether eliminated for a year and a half now. People in Texas who are able to do so have been traveling to other states to obtain abortion care. And now that 15 other states have… Read more »

Following the letter Congresswoman Fletcher (TX-07) sent with her colleagues to President Biden and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to protect families from losing health insurance. Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program beneficiaries who are set to… Read more »

The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Fletcher. LF: Thank you Mr. Chairman, and I join in welcoming our new members and congratulating Chairwoman McMorris Rodgers on her historic chairmanship and thanking our witnesses for being here today. It has been a long day, but I have been here and appreciated your testimony. As we’ve heard throughout the day, our country leads in… Read more »