(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 »
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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 »
(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 »
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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 »
(Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) amendment to H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support, 305 to 121.
Congresswoman Fletcher’s amendment requires that the Trump administration’s plan to meet goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 includes a savings clause to ensure the plan is technology… Read more »
“To fix global warming, the world needs Houston”
Houston Chronicle, April 26, 2019
Houston has always been a place of big ideas. Perhaps more important, it is a place where those big ideas become realities. We need that now.
In Washington, policymakers and lawmakers are talking about big ideas—ideas that address the tremendous opportunities and challenges we face across the country and… Read more »
