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 »

Following last week’s ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are afforded the same protection as children under state law, Pro-Choice Caucus Whip, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) wrote an open letter condemning the ruling and exposing Republicans’ attempt to… Read more »

Democrats are going on offense over access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), looking to hold Republicans’ feet to the fire and force them to answer uncomfortable questions about the full impact of fetal personhood.   In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, Republicans have publicly spoken up to say they fully support IVF.   But they have largely avoided… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that she will host Houston OB/GYN Dr. Damla Karsan as her guest at the State of the Union address on Thursday, March 7th.  A resident of Texas’ Seventh Congressional District, Dr. Karsan is an OB/GYN and one of two physician plaintiffs in Zurawski v. State of Texas, a case before the Texas Supreme Court brought forward by 22… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced the nominees for appointments to the U.S. Service Academies for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District.  Last week, she hosted a reception with the nominees celebrating their achievements.  “It is a privilege to nominate bright, dedicated students for an appointment to our country’s service academies,”… 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 »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) broke ground on the Meyergrove Detention Basin along with Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis (Precinct 1) Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin (District C), and City of Houston Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello.  The Meyergrove Detention Basin is a… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) led a letter with 8 of their colleagues in the Texas Democratic Delegation to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan urging an investigation  allegations of deceptive and unfair trade practices in connection with Medicaid eligibility determinations in Texas. “Since April 2023, when the… Read more »

A group of Democratic lawmakers from Texas are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations that hundreds of thousands of Texans incorrectly lost Medicaid coverage because of flaws in the automated renewal system developed by the accounting firm Deloitte. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, U.S. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher of Houston and Colin Allred of Dallas, along with… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, TX-07, issued the following statement after the House failed to pass the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R. 6126. “Since October, President Biden has requested, and I have supported, emergency funding for pressing national security needs, including assistance for our allies Ukraine and Israel, and for humanitarian aid in Gaza… Read more »