(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to support the energy industry by providing $3 billion in funding to purchase crude oil produced in the United States for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Representative Michael Burgess (TX-26) is the Republican lead in the House, and the bill is also cosponsored by Representatives Henry… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 3:10 PM CT: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will host a telephone town hall, a community conversation on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Hotez. Dr. Peter Hotez is one of the world’s leading experts on contagious diseases and vaccine development. This will be the fourth telephone town hall Congresswoman Fletcher has hosted… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the price per barrel of oil hit historic lows:
“The impacts of today’s historic price drop will be felt acutely throughout our community here in the energy capital of the world. Tomorrow, I will file bipartisan, bicameral legislation to appropriate funds to make a Strategic… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Congresswomen Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) recently introduced legislation to help protect Medicaid funding for hospitals across Texas and the country. The legislation would postpone for two years the Trump Administration’s Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (MFAR), which proposes a number of highly technical changes in the way… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led members of the Texas delegation calling on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to reverse an effective ban on abortion procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, AG Paxton announced that Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency order banning elective surgeries and procedures included abortions. Although a federal… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) called on Congressional leadership to provide additional funding for small business relief. This comes as the Small Business Association (SBA) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program had already committed all of their funds as of today.
“We must move… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), along with Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-06), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), and David McKinley (WV-01), called 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 to include physical therapy practitioners,… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced $1,798,780 in federal CARES Act funding for two community health centers in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District. Specifically, Houston Area Community Services, Inc. will receive $912,080 and Saint Hope Foundation will receive $886,700.
“Health care providers in my district are working around the clock to… Read more »
(Houston, TX) – Last night, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) hosted her third telephone town hall on COVID-19. The telephone town hall focused on the different types of resources available to the community made possible by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Nearly 2,000 constituents participated, asking questions about assistance for small… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07), Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX-26), and Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) announced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to provide $3 billion in funding to purchase crude oil produced in the United States for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Fletcher will be the lead sponsor in the House of Representatives and… Read more »
