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 »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that her office has successfully resolved more than 14,000 matters for residents of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  Her office assists residents with matters before federal agencies, including obtaining benefits from Social Security, Medicare, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as addressing matters… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025, H.R. 8774; the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025, H.R. 8752; and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025, H.R. 8771, partisan government funding bills that harm women’s health, fail to secure our border,… Read more »

Today, following Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) advocacy, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, which instructs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study (BBTRS).  The completion of the BBTRS will allow for the full evaluation of an… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade: “Since the Dobbs decision, the health care crisis in Texas and around the country has only gotten worse,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher.  “Women experiencing pregnancy… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development (MBDA) Eric Morrissette and Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce CEO and Co-Founder Tammi Wallace in visiting Black Phlox Candle Company, an LGBTQ+-owned small business in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  The visit comes during LGBTQ+ Pride Month and… Read more »