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Good afternoon. I would like to join Chairwoman Sherrill in welcoming all of our witnesses to today’s hearing on advisory committees at the EPA.
The EPA is at its core a public health agency. It works to protect all Americans, especially the most vulnerable populations, from… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement regarding remarks made by President Trump about members of Congress on Twitter yesterday and at the White House today:
“Yesterday, the President of the United States made comments on Twitter urging some of my colleagues in Congress to ‘go back [to the] places from which they came.’ Today, he… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement regarding reports of President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct raids in cities across the United States this weekend, including Houston:
“Public safety is the first responsibility of government. We must ensure that keeping the public safe… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement after argument before the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. United States, a case the State of Texas has led seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, which the Trump Administration has supported by failing to defend the law.
“What we saw in the argument before the Fifth… Read more »
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(Houston, TX) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released a report to mark six months working for the people of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.
“It is an honor to serve the amazing people, neighborhoods, businesses, and organizations that make up Texas’ Seventh… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) has joined colleagues Jim Costa (CA-16), Bill Flores (TX-17), and Bill Johnson (OH-06) as a co-chair of the Congressional Natural Gas Caucus. The caucus is a bipartisan effort to educate Members of Congress and the American people about the importance of natural gas as a domestic energy resource and its role in meeting the nation's… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Pete Olson (TX-22), G.K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Mark Meadows (NC-11) passed unanimously out of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with bipartisan support from across the country. The Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects (HELP) Act will expedite the start of mitigation projects… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement on the humanitarian situation at the U.S.–Mexico border:
“I have the privilege of representing the residents of Houston and Harris County, one of the most diverse communities in the United States. As a community, we welcome newcomers from around the country and around the world. In fact, Harris… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) amendment to H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act passed the House of Representatives. The amendment would require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a… Read more »
(Washington, DC) –Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Reps. Rob Bishop (UT-01), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Conor Lamb (PA-17), and Michael Waltz (FL-06) introduced H.R. 3266, the JROTC Cyber Training Act, bipartisan legislation to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to enhance the preparation of students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) for… Read more »
