After a series of severe hurricanes hit the Texas Gulf Coast and other U.S. coastlines last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was nearing its limits. The agency was so strained, said Michael Coen, then its chief of staff, that it had to bring in officials from other federal agencies to help coordinate relief efforts in what would be the third costliest hurricane season on… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) introduced a two-bill legislative package seeking to assist heirs’ property owners seeking assistance with disaster relief, clearing title, and estate planning.  Heirs’ property is family land inherited without a will or legal documentation of… Read more »

Each spring, the Congressional Art Competition provides high school students across the country, including those in Texas’ Seventh Congressional District (TX-07), represented by Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, with a unique opportunity to have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol. This nationwide contest, established in 1982, recognizes and encourages artistic talent among… Read more »

Washington, D.C.— Co-Chairs of the American Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02), Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), and Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) introduced a bipartisan resolution Reaffirming the deep and steadfast United States-Canada partnership and the ties that bind the two countries in support… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) hosted a telephone town hall with more than 1,200 of her constituents, responding to their questions and concerns about recent actions and orders from the Trump administration.  She was joined by Assistant Democratic Leader Congressman Joe Neguse, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus’ new Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against House Republicans’ blueprint to guide Congressional action on budget-related legislation this year that calls for at least $1.5 trillion in government spending cuts, a resolution Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led all Democrats in the Texas Delegation, February 14, in a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S., requesting that the NIH withdraw changes to funding caps for research grants to allow lifesaving medical research to continue throughout the state. “Texas is home to multiple… Read more »

Politicians in Hurricane-battered Houston were less than enthused Thursday evening after news broke of the Trump administration's plan to cut the vast majority of staff at a federal office tasked with disaster recovery. First reported on by the New York Times, U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to fire as many as 84% of the workers employed by The Office of Community… Read more »

When an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army helicopter at an airport near Washington, D.C., last month, it prompted an enormous response from state, local and federal public safety agencies. In the frantic search for possible survivors in the Potomac River and to secure the scene, first responders needed to communicate quickly, without worries about low bandwidth… Read more »

On February 14, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32) led 12 of their Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6 in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging a reconsideration of plans to terminate EPA employees that are critical to addressing environmental concerns that affect children, maintaining a… Read more »