(As prepared for delivery) 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 »

(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) – 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 »

(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 »

(As prepared for delivery) 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 »

(Houston, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) issued the following statement after Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) objected to the passage of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, which was agreed to in the Senate and set to be signed by the president: “I am disappointed that a member of the Texas delegation has further delayed desperately needed funds for communities across… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced H.R. 2638, legislation to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue guidance to protect the health of first responders when using foam containing PFAS to fight fires. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals used in a variety of industries. These chemicals are often found in… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon. I would like to welcome and thank all of our witnesses for being here today to discuss the important topic of the U.S. Weather Enterprise and how we can leverage the partnerships between the sectors to improve U.S. weather forecasting and modeling capabilities. The U.S. Weather Enterprise is one of the most robust globally, with NOAA… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Today, Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Randy Weber (TX-14), Brian Babin (TX-36), Kevin Brady (TX-08), G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), John Carter (TX-31), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Joe Cunningham (SC-01), Bill Flores (TX-17), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-AL), Garret Graves (LA-06), Al Green, (TX-09), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Michael McCaul (TX-10), Pete… Read more »