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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...