Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) marked the start of National Preparedness Month, during which she will serve as National Preparedness Month Congressional Co-Chair for 2024.  This year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) set a National Preparedness Month theme focused on empowering Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities by removing… Read more »

This month, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) visited Stan’s Hands Massage and Wellness and Camellia Alise, Black-owned businesses in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  The visits come during National Black Business Month, an annual celebration during the month of August to highlight the work of Black-owned businesses and explore the challenges they may face.  They… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Dr. Erthea Nance, Alief ISD Superintendent Dr. Anthony Mays, and Alief ISD Director of Transportation Richard Torres to highlight $7,900,000 in federal grant funding for Alief Independent School District (ISD) to purchase 20 electric school buses.  “As we begin a new… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Deputy Director Jimmy Kirby hosted an event to help small business owners and leaders in the business community better understand the new beneficial ownership information reporting requirement.   “I was glad to join Deputy Director Kirby to provide an… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher joined House Democrats to celebrate 89 years of Social Security and oppose Republicans’ plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age.  “89 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, providing seniors and disabled workers with the most comprehensive retirement, disability, and survivors… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award the Texas Department of Transportation $1,600,000 to replace old transit buses in Fort Bend County with modern and zero-emission buses, manufactured by American workers.  The announcement comes after Congresswoman Fletcher wrote a letter to the Biden-Harris administration… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) highlighted $959,752 in congressional funding to make drainage improvements to the Keegans Bayou Watershed with Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones (Precinct 4) and Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen. The funding will be used to construct a stormwater detention basin to allow for capacity for a… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Trade Task Force, and members of the New Democrat Coalition’s Trade and Economic Task Forces issued a statement in support of the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA).  The New Democrat Coalition is the U.S. House of Representatives’ largest Democratic caucus, committed to pro-economic growth,… Read more »

Today, the House passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, H.R. 8812, which authorizes water infrastructure studies and projects across the country.  This bill includes language to instruct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study (BBTRS) that Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement upon the news of the death of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18): “Tonight, I join my fellow Houstonians, my colleagues in Congress, and people across our country in mourning the loss of my friend and colleague Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.  For decades, Congresswoman Jackson Lee worked… Read more »