(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 »
(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) bipartisan efforts to fund disaster recovery became law, as H.R. 2157, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, was signed into law with language requiring rules governing the release of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR) funds for mitigation projects in Texas,… Read more »
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Good morning, and welcome to the Subcommittee on Environment’s hearing entitled “Ocean Exploration: Diving to New Depths and Discoveries.” The Committee is holding this hearing at the beginning of World Oceans Month and Capitol Hill Ocean Week, to celebrate the oceans and the wonders… Read more »
(Washington, DC) –Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced H.R. 3066, the Supporting Our Coast Guard Members Act to make sure Coast Guard servicemembers receive the same benefits and services offered to servicemembers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Currently, Coast Guard officers do not have the same benefits and services offered to other members of the… Read more »
