Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that the Promise Community School, an elementary school at BakerRipley, will receive $194,459.25 in funding from the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) Program. This ECF Program grant will improve the students’ access to internet and technology by covering the costs of laptops and tablets,… Read more »
The New Democrat Coalition applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement that the United States will suspend Section 232 tariffs on Ukrainian steel for one year. The New Democrat Coalition is the U.S. House of Representatives’ largest Democratic caucus, committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies. Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 7679, to help further development of pediatric medical devices by reauthorizing the Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) grant program and allowing profits for certain Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) devices.
Medical devices for children often lag five to ten… Read more »
Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced Audrey Huang as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District for her painting, Freedom Soon. Huang’s painting will hang in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for the next year, along with artwork from other winners from congressional districts across the… Read more »
Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) held a press conference to highlight $624,835 in federal funding that she secured in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, H.R. 2471. She was joined by Jersey Village Mayor Bobby Warren, State Representative Jon Rosenthal (TX-HD-135), Jersey Village Police Chief Kirk Riggs, Jersey Village Fire Chief Mark… Read more »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, May 4 to highlight $624,835 in federal funding she secured to replace water lines for approximately 55 homes in Jersey Village. The funding will replace sewer lines for approximately 25 homes, while the entire street will receive new storm sewer lines to help remove rain from streets to prevent street… Read more »
This week, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting that Congress ensure guidance on how local governments can use Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLRF) grants to expand broadband infrastructure and deployment in their communities by directing the Department of the Treasury to clarify that communities can use… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, S. 3522, to allow the United States to provide weapons and military supplies to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries impacted by Russia’s invasion without requiring recipients to pay for the equipment up-front. The bill passed the House on a bipartisan basis, 417 to 10,… Read more »
Yesterday, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra testified before the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on the Fiscal Year 2023 HHS Budget. During the hearing, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) advocated for Houston’s Texas Medical Center as a potential site for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H) that Congress authorized… Read more »
The New Democrat Coalition endorsed 22 bipartisan mental health care and substance use disorder bills, including Congresswoman Fletcher’s Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act, H.R. 5218. The New Democrat Coalition is the U.S. House of Representatives’ largest Democratic caucus, committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible… Read more »
