(Houston, TX) – On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at 7:10 PM CT: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will host a telephone town hall to discuss recovery efforts across Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  She will be joined by Dr. Umair Shah, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health; Marvin Odum, who is leading the City of Houston’s COVID-19 recovery and relief efforts;… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03), and Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02) introduced the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020.  This legislation will ensure that small business owners with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that are forgiven are also eligible to receive tax deductions for wages and… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Following a bipartisan effort led by Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Doris Matsui (CA-06), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), and David McKinley (WV-01) calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand the types of providers eligible to provide telehealth services under Medicare during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS announced late last week that… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that she will be introducing legislation to ensure that small business owners with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are also eligible to receive tax deductions for wages and other expenses paid during the period of the loan.  This bill comes after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, convened the subcommittee for a briefing on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on energy jobs and potential paths to accelerate the U.S. energy industry’s economic recovery. “I represent the energy capital of the world, and we are feeling the impacts… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, led a call for Congressional leadership to include Houston-area transportation priorities in any upcoming infrastructure legislation.  She was joined by Representatives Al Green (TX-09), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) in this… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Today, Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Bill Flores (TX-17), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Bill Johnson (OH-06), and Jim Costa (CA-16) wrote to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee urging the commission to continue processing, reviewing, and accepting projects in a manner consistent with regular business – despite calls for a… Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released a COVID-19 Community Resource Guide to ensure residents across Texas’ Seventh Congressional District have access to essential information on the different resources available during the pandemic.  The COVID-19 Community Resource Guide includes information on local and federal resources, health guidance from Harris… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted in support of the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.  The legislation will provide $310 billion in additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), $75 billion in resources for hospitals, health systems, and frontline workers, and $25 billion for testing.  The… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) hosted her fourth telephone town hall, a community conversation on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Hotez.  Dr Hotez is Professor and Dean at Baylor College of Medicine and Co-Director of Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.  He is one of the world’s leading experts on contagious diseases and vaccine… Read more »