Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced Harris County Precinct Four will receive $1,200,000 from the Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program—a program established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).  These funds will allow Harris County to develop safe pedestrian and cycling connections between communities on… Read more »

A new study has ranked Alief and Gulfton as two of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Houston when it comes to traffic injuries and fatalities for children. But a $43 million federal grant could soon help reduce the danger. Rice University's Baker Institute found that three of the four most dangerous areas for children walking and biking in Houston are in Alief and Gulfton.… Read more »

The walk to catch a Long Point-Cavalcade bus in Kashmere Gardens, or to school at Baker Ripley in Gulfton, will soon be safer and smoother, after federal officials committed $43.4 million to sidewalk, drainage and shade improvements in the long-neglected neighborhoods.  These Houston neighborhoods will wait months for the work to begin, as designs must still be… Read more »

Legislation from Texans would create federal working group Lawmakers will also offer language as amendment in E&C markup Bipartisan legislation introduced late Tuesday in the House would create a federal working group to help oversee and streamline the permitting of liquefied natural gas facilities. The previously unreported bill from Texas Reps.… Read more »

Democrats are going on offense over access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), looking to hold Republicans’ feet to the fire and force them to answer uncomfortable questions about the full impact of fetal personhood.   In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, Republicans have publicly spoken up to say they fully support IVF.   But they have largely avoided… Read more »

A group of local leaders broke ground on a new basin on the south side of Houston that they say will help prevent flooding of nearby houses and businesses. U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) joined Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen, Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin (District C), and City of Houston Chief Recovery Officer Stephen… Read more »

A group of Democratic lawmakers from Texas are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations that hundreds of thousands of Texans incorrectly lost Medicaid coverage because of flaws in the automated renewal system developed by the accounting firm Deloitte. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, U.S. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher of Houston and Colin Allred of Dallas, along with… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, TX-07, issued the following statement after the House failed to pass the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R. 6126. “Since October, President Biden has requested, and I have supported, emergency funding for pressing national security needs, including assistance for our allies Ukraine and Israel, and for humanitarian aid in Gaza… Read more »

The United States Postal System mail delays have been affecting the Houston area for weeks with a timeline still unknown for the future. But while USPS has not commented beyond a few statements during the past month, many Texas lawmakers are looking into the situation and addressing what has happened. The delays are catching the eyes of politicians on both sides of the aisle, and there… Read more »

We have an update to the postal delays we’ve been reporting on since mid-December. KHOU 11 was first to tell you about the weeks-long delays in postal deliveries and our reporting got the attention of lawmakers, who have been demanding answers from the U.S. Postal Service. On Saturday, KHOU 11 obtained a letter from a high-ranking USPS official in response to questions from Houston-area… Read more »