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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Leads Houston Delegation Calling on FEMA to Extend Community Vaccination Center at NRG Park

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), together with Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Al Green (TX-09), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), called on FEMA to extend the federally supported Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at NRG Park until May 31, 2021. 

“The CVC at NRG Park represents our commitment to working together at all levels of government to ensure people in our community are vaccinated and to help end the pandemic.  Even with the strides we have made since the site opened, continued support from FEMA is necessary to our recovery efforts,” the members wrote. “It is for these reasons that we request an extension of FEMA support for the CVC at NRG Park and our efforts to combat COVID-19.”  

The Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at NRG Park has vaccinated approximately 6,000 people per day since it opened on February 24.  According to the initial demographic data, the CVC has vaccinated two times more African American and Hispanic residents than other vaccination sites across Harris County.  In their letter to FEMA, the members note that Continued operation of the CVC at NRG Park is vital to the community’s efforts to reach herd immunity and beat the virus, especially as the first city in the country to document all of the emerging variants of the virus. 

The full text of the letter sent last night is available here.