Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) led a letter with 10 of their colleagues to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to consider Texas as the location for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).  Congress created ARPA-H to improve the U.S. government’s ability to… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) is leading an effort to provide increased funding for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to address the immigration court backlog throughout the United States.  Recently, she led 12 of her House colleagues in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting that Congress increase resources for EOIR to hire more… Read more »

This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) held a Community Conversation on public safety and hate crimes.  The event featured State Representative Gene Wu (HD-137); Yasar Bashir, Assistant Chief, Houston Police Department; Dena Marks, Senior Associate Director, Anti-Defamation League; Niloufar Hafizi, Civic Engagement Director, Emgage; and Dr. James Dixon, Houston Branch… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas left at least 21 people dead.  “My heart is aching for the families and community in Uvalde, and I join people across the country who are mourning the brutal and senseless killing of at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School,”… Read more »

Last week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for two bills to address the infant formula shortage.  The Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022, H.R. 7790, appropriates $28 million for the Food and Drug Administration to provide funds to address the infant formula shortage and ensure this never happens again.  The Access to Baby Formula Act of… Read more »

This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) and Congressman Peter Meijer’s (MI-03) bipartisan bill, the Federal PFAS Research Evaluation Act, H.R. 7289, passed the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, bringing it one step closer to becoming law.  The Federal PFAS Research Evaluation Act implements a federal study to uncover the health hazards… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after voting against the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H.R. 7688: “Understanding the real impacts of higher prices of gas and consumer goods on people across the country, I appreciate and support efforts to address them.  But this legislation is not the answer.  Higher gasoline… Read more »

Today, two of Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) bills, H.R. 7679 and H.R. 5218, passed the Energy and Commerce Committee, moving one step closer to becoming law.  H.R. 7679 is a bill to improve and develop pediatric medical devices by reauthorizing the Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) grant program and allow profits for certain Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) devices. … Read more »

Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted forthe Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, H.R. 7691, to provide Ukraine with $40 billion in critical military aid and humanitarian assistance, to help defend against Russia’s invasion. The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan basis, with a vote of 368-57. “The United States has a… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) led a letter, which 98 of their colleagues joined, to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to urge the immediate enforcement of Medicaid’s free choice of provider requirement, after states like Texas and Missouri excluded qualified providers from their Medicaid programs in violation of… Read more »