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 »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that the City of Jersey Village will receive a $4.23 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  Following initial approval for federal funding for the Wall St. Drainage Improvements & Berm project, FEMA required a second Environmental and Historic Preservation review of the project,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) submitted comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study (BBTRS) Interim Report, which evaluates multiple alternatives to reduce flood risk and manage water conveyance in and around Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  In her letter, Congresswoman Fletcher urges the Corps to… Read more »

(Houston, TX) — Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher announced that her office has successfully closed more than 3,000 constituent cases for residents of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  Her office provides assistance for residents working with federal agencies.  Since taking office in 2019, the types of cases have ranged from assistance obtaining veterans’ benefits,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to extend the public comment period for the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study Interim Report, which was made available last Friday.  The report evaluates both upstream and downstream alternative plans to reduce flood risk, including increased conveyance along Buffalo Bayou,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced $1 million in federal funding for The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research at Memorial Hermann (TIRR-MH) to support the Independent Living Research Utilization program (ILRU).  The ILRU is a nationally leading technical assistance and training center, supporting over 400 centers for independent living and 56 statewide and… Read more »