Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Dr. Erthea Nance, Alief ISD Superintendent Dr. Anthony Mays, and Alief ISD Director of Transportation Richard Torres to highlight $7,900,000 in federal grant funding for Alief Independent School District (ISD) to purchase 20 electric school buses.
“As we begin a new… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, whose Houston-based 7th Texas District includes part of Fort Bend County, told an audience at the Safari Texas Ranch event center last week that the area serves as a model for how politics at the national level and work better.
First elected in 2018 and reelected twice since, Fletcher, a Democrat, has represented the eastern-most part of Fort Bend after… Read more »
Legislation from Texans would create federal working group
Lawmakers will also offer language as amendment in E&C markup
Bipartisan legislation introduced late Tuesday in the House would create a federal working group to help oversee and streamline the permitting of liquefied natural gas facilities.
The previously unreported bill from Texas Reps.… Read more »
A group of local leaders broke ground on a new basin on the south side of Houston that they say will help prevent flooding of nearby houses and businesses.
U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) joined Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen, Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin (District C), and City of Houston Chief Recovery Officer Stephen… Read more »
A group of House Democrats from Texas California and Alaska wrote to President Joe Biden Friday urging him to "refocus" his administration's policies on the export of liquefied natural gas.
The letter, which was signed by members including Reps. Lizzie Fletcher and Sylvia Garcia, of Houston, Marc Veasey, of Dallas and Henry Cuellar, of Laredo, comes a week after the Biden… Read more »
Houston Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is urging the Texas Railroad Commission and state legislators to reverse a reduction in funding for the state's orphan well program, warning they could imperil future federal assistance for the state.
Fletcher, a Democrat who introduced orphan well legislation that made available $4.6 billion in federal funding through the 2021 Bipartisan… Read more »
Today, on the second anniversary of the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), highlighted that the Houston region has already received allocations of $911,436,609 in IIJA funding. The IIJA is the largest, long-term investment in the country’s infrastructure in nearly a century. … Read more »
Houston will receive up to $1.2 billion as part of the Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub for the purpose of supporting hydrogen initiatives in the region, according to an Oct. 13 news release from the White House.
The details
The hydrogen hub project will be run by HyVelocity, a group of organizations working together to promote clean hydrogen in Texas, southwest… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) shared additional information with constituents about how a government shutdown could impact residents of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District and what to expect if Congress fails to appropriate funds required for the federal government to function. Unless the House and Senate vote to continue funding the government, funding will lapse… Read more »
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) visited the Rice campus Aug. 29. During the visit, she caught up with the university’s leadership team, including Rice President Reginald DesRoches, Rice Provost Amy Dittmar and Vice President of Public Affairs Melinda Spaulding Chevalier, before she met with Rice faculty to discuss climate change, geothermal energy and the university’s research in these… Read more »
