Transportation & Infrastructure

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Coast Guard Benefits Bill Passes Out of the House

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(Washington, DC) – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher’s (TX-07) bill, the Supporting Our Coast Guard Members Act, was included in the bipartisan H.R. 3409 Coast Guard Authorization Act and passed the House of Representatives today. Congresswoman Fletcher introduced H.R. 3066, the Supporting Our Coast Guard Members Act on June 5, 2019 to address inequity of benefits between Coast Guard…

Bipartisan Group of Members Introduce Legislation Calling for Release of Disaster Funds

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(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…

Reps. Fletcher and Olson Lead Abbott, Cornyn, Cruz, and Houston Delegation in Letter Asking HUD for Disaster Recovery Funds

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  (HOUSTON, TX) – Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) led Governor Greg Abbott, Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and the Houston delegation in a letter urging acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought to approve the rules at the Department of Housing and Urban…

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Appointed to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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(Washington, DC) ­– Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) has been appointed to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by the Steering and Policy Committee. The Congresswoman joins a select group of freshman on this busy committee chaired by Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04). “I sought to serve on this committee because of its jurisdiction over issues of critical…