Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement as the United States conducts military strikes on Iran and President Trump issues grave new threats:.
"Over the past several days, the President of the United States has posted statements that are unhinged and untethered to reality. Over the past few years, we have gotten used to seeing rambling,… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that she helped secure more than $18,000,000 in congressional funding for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District through the Community Funded Project process.
“I am glad to have positive news to report from Washington: I requested and secured more than $18 million in congressional funding for projects in Texas’ Seventh Congressional… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order to restrict access to mail-in voting, asserting control over elections.
“President Trump’s executive order attempting to seize control of elections and restrict Americans’ ability to vote is the latest in a long series of brazen abuses of power that have come to… Read more »
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against H.Res.1142 – Rule deeming the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7147. This legislation funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until May 22, 2026 without making reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after federal agents have arrested and killed U.S.… Read more »
Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee unanimously passed the Mystic Alerts Act, H.R. 7022, which Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced with Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), and Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) to improve Americans’ access to wireless emergency alerts. This bipartisan legislation requires the Federal… Read more »
Travelers are waiting hours in massive security lines at some airports, including in Houston, as a partial government shutdown stretches on.
Democrats and Republicans have struggled to reach a deal on funding the Department of Homeland Security, an agency that oversees both airport security and President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push.
Democrats do not want to fund the agency… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) led 148 of their House colleagues in sending a letter to Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee leaders urging Congress to reject the Trump administration’s efforts to hinder the important work of the Title X family planning program by… Read more »
George Randall got to George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday, three hours before his flight to California was scheduled to take off. He anticipated a long wait in security due to a shortage in TSA agents who haven’t been showing up to work because they haven’t been paid since mid-February.
But knowing ahead of time that the airport experience is going to be a nightmare… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 7481, legislation to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) except for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The effort comes as Democrats continue to demand reforms to ICE and CBP as federal agents have arrested and killed… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against H.J.Res. 139, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution to require annual balanced federal budgets.
“If Republicans were serious about fiscal responsibility, they would not have passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer that adds $3.4 trillion to the deficit,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. “And… Read more »
