Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement:
“At the end of this difficult year, this Christmas week brought hope to millions as Congress reached a compromise nine months in the making to get additional assistance to families in need across America. Although the compromise legislation did not meet all needs, it did provide some hope and certainty… Read more »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) legislation to honor Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal was signed into law by President Trump yesterday. Fletcher’s legislation, H.R. 5317, the Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Act, renames the post office located at 315 Addicks Howell Road to the “Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office.”
Fletcher has been… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted in support of H.R. 133, the bipartisan year-end spending bill with critical COVID-19 relief. Among its provisions, the bill includes language from Fletcher’s bipartisan legislation, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Act of 2020, to support small businesses by ensuring eligible expenses paid by the PPP would be… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that several key provisions to support energy innovation in Houston were included in H.R. 133, the year-end appropriations bill. As Chair of the Energy Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology (SS&T) Committee, Fletcher worked in committee to pass bipartisan bills to modernize pipeline infrastructure, promote… Read more »
Today, the House Democratic Steering Committee nominated Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) to serve on the Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee. Her nomination will now go to the full Democratic Caucus for final approval.
“I am honored to be selected to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee to fight for the priorities that are important to Texas’ Seventh Congressional… Read more »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to extend the deadline for homeowners who repaired their own homes following Hurricane Harvey to apply for reimbursement through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
Recent jurisdictional conflicts between the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced the winner of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge: Ethan Saadia. His app, Wayt, allows businesses to stay open safely and provides customers with flexible shopping options with curbside pickup, bookable shopping appointments, and virtual lines, and it is available on both iOS and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07), Congressman George Holding (R-NC-52), and Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-GA-03) led a bipartisan coalition of more than 170 colleagues calling on Congressional leadership to restore the tax deductibility of forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for small businesses in any end-of-year COVID-19 relief legislation.
“Keeping… Read more »
(Washington, DC) — Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced House passage of S. 1811, the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA), the conference report that would invest in Houston’s water infrastructure and improve flood protection projects in the Houston region and across the country.
As a member of the House Transportation and… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that her bipartisan legislation to honor Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, H.R. 5317, the Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Act, unanimously passed the Senate and is expected to be signed into law by the President.
H.R. 5317 provides that the post office located at 315… Read more »
