Since the Nixon era, Congress has funded free legal aid for those with low incomes.  In 1974, it created a nonprofit, the Legal Services Corporation, to channel federal funding to local legal aid nonprofits. There, attorneys and paralegals help veterans apply for disability, domestic violence survivors secure child custody and renters stave off wrongful evictions. Now, the… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher of Texas is one of several Democrats sounding the alarm about a Trump-fueled plan to redraw the state's congressional maps ahead of the midterms. She joins 'The Weekend: Primetime' to discuss how this is a direct attack on the voting strength of marginalized communities.   View this interview on MSNBC. Read more »

On Monday’s show: Houston-area Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher explains why she’s opposed to the legislature's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts. State lawmakers gathered at the University of Houston on Saturday to hear public testimony on the matter. Listen to this interview in Houston Public Media. Read more »

Responding to Rep. Joaquin Castro and several other congressional Democrats from Texas, the U.S. Department of Commerce said in a letter that it will review whether positional vacancies at the National Weather Service have "impacted the agency's ability to effectively respond to high-impact weather events"—including the recent floods that devastated the Hill Country.   The… Read more »

The reality of today's cosmetics industry is that stuff we slather over our skin or lather into our hair isn't subject to much government oversight. While there are some regulations on labeling and ingredients, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t require that most over-the-counter beauty products be approved before they hit the market. As a result, it’s up to shoppers to figure… 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… Read more »

President Donald Trump’s trade wars continue to create global turmoil and churn for financial markets. Monday, May 12th’s move—a temporary suspension of his “Liberation Day” bombast and 90-day pause until massive tariffs are fully imposed on China—seemed in part prompted by warnings of a dire toy shortage and the sour reaction to Trump blathering about … dolls. “A young lady, a… Read more »

Over 100 Democratic lawmakers are pushing for Congress to restore $535 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the current federal budget. The two-year advance funding for public radio and television has been removed from the budget package by congressional Republicans, along with an additional $60 million for the public broadcasting interconnection system, which… Read more »

Nearly 100 House Democrats are calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore tens of millions of dollars in federal family planning grants to more than a dozen organizations that have been frozen for more than two months. In a letter to Kennedy sent Friday and seen first by The Hill, 95 lawmakers said the organizations that had their Title X… Read more »

One of Houston's busiest community centers and polling locations is set for a major upgrade, thanks to recently secured federal funds. The West Gray Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, managed by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, has been approved to receive a $1 million through a Community Project Funding Request made by Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher as part of the Housing and… Read more »