Lizzie Fletcher

Legislation comes after July 4, 2025, Hill Country floods that killed more than 130 people Today, the President signed a bill led by Congresswoman Fletcher with Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), and Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01), the Mystic Alerts Act, H.R. 7022. The Mystic...

Trump administration stopped processing new samples at the Region 6 EPA lab in August with no plan to protect Gulf Coast communities before the new Oklahoma lab is ready Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) called on Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin to request a public...

I am encouraged by what I have seen of the Senate's permitting bill, the BAAJA Act, and I appreciate the negotiators coming together to reach this compromise.

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988 has resumed specialized services for LGBTQI+ youth in crisis after Congress forced the Trump Admin to restore these lifesaving services.

Trump cruelly cut these services—but CEC founder @baldwin.senate.gov and our members fought back, and got them restored!

Congress created the $7 billion renewable energy program to deliver solar projects to 900,000 households in disadvantaged communities, saving families $350 million every year on energy costs Two federal courts have ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unlawfully eliminated the Inflation Reduction...

🚨 A Senate committee passed the Mystic Alert Act—a bill to prevent future tragedies by improving access to emergency alerts during storms—clearing the way for a vote on the Senate floor. The Senate must hold a vote on it so that we can take action before the next disaster.

Resolution would repeal the Department of Homeland Security rule that limits the time period that such individuals can remain in the United States Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and...

The bill to sanction Russia and Iran doesn't actually impose sanctions, but it does give new powers to President Trump to impose more tariffs. And American families can't afford more Trump tariffs.

Legislation directs USACE to move forward on a long-sought flood mitigation solution around the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, and along Buffalo Bayou Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026. After years of delays, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and...

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, Senate Amendment to H.R. 5334, because, despite its name, it fails to mandate tough sanctions on and hands the President sweeping new tariff authorities. “Despite its name, the Lindsey O. Graham...

What’s more American than rooting for your college football team? Bo French’s problem is that these kids don’t look like HIS version of America. South Asian Americans are American. Period. Our shared identity shouldn’t be determined by skin color.

The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) celebrated its 27th anniversary Saturday with a space-themed Annual Gala & Awards Banquet at Hilton Americas–Houston, on Aug. 29, bringing together elected officials, business and community leaders, entrepreneurs and corporate partners to honor the...

Today has been one of reflection and service as we remember and honor those who we lost 25 years ago—those who loved them, and those who rushed in to help them that day, and in the days and years that followed. (1/2)

Today, we honor the memories, the heroism, and the patriotism of our fellow Americans and remember what happened to our country on September 11, 2001.

Let us remember the love of neighbor and country we witnessed and felt that day, and make this #PatriotDay a day of service to our fellow Americans.

Several new sidewalk areas are planned in the Heights after the Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority secured an $850,000 federal grant to improve mobility and pedestrian safety. The gist MHRA was approved for the grant secured through U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher’s office, with the funding going toward sidewalk...

Two Texas lawmakers are seeking a comprehensive review of the nation’s aging Strategic Petroleum Reserve as the emergency oil stockpile sits at its lowest level since the early 1980s. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, a Houston Democrat, and Rep. August Pfluger, a San Angelo Republican whose district includes much of the...

Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D) and August Pfluger (R) introduced a bipartisan bill directing the Department of Energy to study ways to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as U.S. oil inventories reach their lowest level in decades. Bipartisan push to strengthen the SPR Reps. Fletcher and Pfluger...

President Trump has weaponized tariffs not against other countries, but against us—and Texans are bearing the second highest burden in the United States.

What's more, these tariffs impact Texas manufacturers, making it harder for them to stay competitive. Learn more at: tariffs.org/texas/

🚨 NEW: Statement from Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov on Trump's ILLEGAL tracking system at the US Postal Service.

People detained by ICE agents across our region are often taken to the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe. It is the law that Members of Congress must be permitted access to ensure fair treatment and inspect conditions. [1/2]