Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the disingenuously named Secure America Act (S.2) to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with $70 billion.  Specifically, the legislation provides $38.5 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and $5 billion for DHS. “Since January, people who… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) filed a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on her bill, the Right to Contraception Act, H.R. 999, to guarantee by law the right to contraception.  A discharge petition is a legislative tool in the House of Representatives that allows a majority of members to force a bill to the floor for a vote by the full chamber, even if the… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for the Ukraine Support Act, H.R. 2913, to authorize security assistance and economic investments for Ukraine and to impose new financial sanctions and export restrictions on Russia until it ceases its war against Ukraine. "For years, the Ukrainian people have demonstrated remarkable courage and perseverance in their fight for democracy… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for 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 (H.Con.Res. 86). “The United States Constitution states clearly that Congress has the sole authority and… Read more »

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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »