Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the disingenuously named Parents Bill of Rights Act, H.R. 5, which creates unnecessary and burdensome reporting requirements for schools, diverts essential resources, promotes censorship, and creates a hostile school environment for LGBTQI+ students.  Instead, Fletcher voted for alternative legislation House Democrats… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led 19 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies leadership.  In the letter, the lawmakers made the case for including $60 million for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led her colleagues in a letter to House Appropriations Committee leadership advocating for the highest amount of funding possible for Fiscal Year 2024 to support programs at the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce emissions and improve sustainability in the energy sector.  The letter urges… Read more »

HOUSTON – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher announced on Thursday that up to $1,000,000 in federal funding has been secured for Harris County Public Health to reduce homelessness. In a news release, the funds will gear towards the Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency Harris County (ACCESS), a program that strengthens Harris County’s safety net system by identifying… Read more »

Earlier today, U.S. Representative from Houston, Lizzie Fletcher, announced that she has secured an additional $1 million in federal funding for aiding vulnerable populations in the Houston area. Harris County Health Department's ACCESS Program aims to provide resources for 5 primary areas of focus: violence prevention, Black maternal health, re-entry of formerly incarcerated… Read more »

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Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) held a press conference to highlight $1,000,000 in federal funding that she secured through congressional appropriations for Harris County Public Health’s (HCPH) Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency (ACCESS) program.  Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis; Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) hosted U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai during her visit to Houston for a roundtable conversation with community leaders in honor of Women’s History Month.  Later, Congresswoman Fletcher and Ambassador Tai toured the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  Rise Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Board Chair Rogene… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Texas Education Agency (TEA) sent a notice to Houston Independent School District (HISD) that it intends to replace Houston ISD's superintendent and elected trustees with an appointed superintendent and board of managers in the next few months. “I am deeply disappointed by what we have seen from the… Read more »

Today, the New Democrat Coalition announced that Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) will serve as Chair of its Trade Task Force.  “Texas’ Seventh Congressional District is a center for global trade, and I am proud to be appointed Chair of the New Democrat Coalition Trade Task Force, where I will continue to work to develop policy that recognizes the importance of trade in our… Read more »