As we reach the end of this eventful and challenging year, I am glad to share my year-end report on some of the work I have done representing #TX07. Read my 2025 Annual Report ➡️ fletcher.house.gov/2025-annual-report

🧵In 2021, I voted to establish the 988 Lifeline. But now this lifesaving program is under threat from the Trump administration, which has fired hundreds of federal workers that keep this hotline operating 24/7 and ended its services for LGBTQI+ youth. (1/3) www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Tariffs paid on imported Christmas decorations, toys, video game consoles and other gifts have soared this year, according to the Tax Foundation. bit.ly/3MRrOb1

Thank you to our fall interns in Washington in Houston for all your efforts to help serve our #TX07 neighbors. It was a memorable semester, and we are lucky to have had you on our team through it all!

Looks like the DOJ just dropped some of the Epstein files. Our entire team has begun a major review. We will keep the American people updated - but it’s clear that this is not a full release. We will continue to provide updates. Here’s the drop: justice.gov/epstein

Back #AtHomeInHouston, it was a joy to deliver our community's Winter Wishes to seniors at Brookdale Senior Living in the Galleria. Thank you to all the kids, teachers, and families who helped us spread cheer this holiday season!

The news out of Washington has been nonstop this year. Every week that the House is in session, I send out a newsletter explaining what's going on, and what I'm doing about it. Sign up: fletcher.house.gov/newsletter

Across the country, green card applications, naturalization interviews, and even oath ceremonies are being paused or cancelled on the basis of the applicants’ national origin. @jayapal.house.gov and I led our colleagues in a letter demanding an end to this discriminatory and unjustified pause.

No servicewomen should feel unsafe when receiving care through our military health system. I joined @demwomencaucus.bsky.social in demanding justice and accountability for our servicemembers and their families betrayed by the sexual misconduct at Fort Hood and Tripler Army Medical Center.

We have the signatures, now we need to have the vote! There is no reason — no good reason — to wait.

Today, the @energycommerce.bsky.social Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee meets for a hearing on AI and biotechnology. Tune in at 9:15 a.m. CST. 🔜 www.youtube.com/live/n2s_sYF...

Congratulations to Vidya Ganesh and Scarlett Yu, winners of the 2025 #TX07 Congressional App Challenge! After researching machine learning and AI, they developed their app, TuneIn, which offers many of the benefits of a hearing aid through technology people already own.

This weekend was one of heartbreaking, staggering loss, and my thoughts will remain with all those mourning the tremendous losses at home and across the world. www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

This is the opposite of what being an American is and what makes America great. And we do not have to accept it. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Today, the world recognizes 10 years of the Paris Climate Agreement—which President Trump has withdrawn the US from twice. In 2019, I wrote how important these accords are—and how Houston has the ability to lead in the fight against global warming. ⬇️

🌟VICE CHAIR SPOTLIGHT — @repfletcher.bsky.social🌟 Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is a talented lawyer, an accomplished legislator, and passionate ally to the LGBTQI+ community in Congress! We're honored to have her serve as one of our Vice Chairs. Let us introduce you to her work:

🧵 As I said yesterday, the Supreme Court failed to reach the right result in its decision to stay the district court’s well-reasoned opinion enjoining the use of the congressional map Texas enacted in 2025 while the case of LULAC v. Abbott proceeds. (1/5) www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...

President Trump promised to lower costs on day one. Today, most Americans agree that not only has Trump failed to lower costs, but his reckless policies have raised them. ⬇️ thehill.com/business/eco...

Today, the @energycommerce.bsky.social meets for a markup of several bills related to energy and communications. Tune in at 9 a.m. CST 🔜 youtube.com/live/xdE45L-kDqU?si=buNxCbegB7buLPJ_

I am back in Washington, and this morning I'll be at the @energycommerce.bsky.social Energy Subcommittee hearing on threats to our grid. Tune in at 9:30 a.m. CST 🔜 www.youtube.com/live/N74SPlD...

#EarlyVoting for Houston's runoff election begins today! Take a look at your ballot and make a plan to vote. Harris County: harrisvotes.com/Voter/Electi... Fort Bend County: www.fortbendcountytx.gov/government/d...

This Wednesday, your #TX07 constituent advocates will be at Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library to help answer questions regarding federal agencies. Stop by anytime between 10 a.m. and noon! Can't make it in person? Ask online: fletcher.house.gov/casework

This Rosa Parks Day, let us remember her and learn from her example--challenging powerful forces with courage and determination and working with others to change the world for better.

In the decades since our world discovered and came to terms with AIDS, millions have been lost—but many more have been saved, thanks to testing, awareness, and treatment. Today, we honor the memories of those we’ve lost by continuing the fight to end the HIV epidemic. #WhatIsRememberedLives

Looking for ways to keep the family busy with everyone home this Thanksgiving holiday? Get out the construction paper and the markers, and help send #TX07 seniors Winter Wishes! Learn more and sign up at: bit.ly/WinterWishes25

The Senate must repeal the obscene payouts guaranteeing millions of dollars to Republican Senators whose phone records were subpoenaed in the investigation into the events of January 6, 2021. That's why I joined @morelle.house.gov to demand that Leader Thune undo this corrupt law. ⬇️

Under Republican control, this Congress has abdicated its core Constitutional responsibilities. Thanks to @jeremyswallace.bsky.social for highlighting my testimony before Congress, which you can read about here ⬇️ www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

President Trump claims that prices are "way down," but that's not what our neighbors are feeling or experiencing. Under Trump, a majority of Americans say that Thanksgiving is more, not less, expensive.

RFK Jr. just changed the CDC website with his fictional anti-vax talking points — promoting the blatantly false claim that vaccines cause autism. This is dangerous. Parents, please trust your pediatricians, not RFK Jr., about getting your children vaccinated.

We are in a cost of living crisis, and President Trump and Republicans are making life more – not less – expensive. Since Donald Trump took office, the average family in Texas has paid $339 in higher prices that are fueled by his policies.

I joined @mcbride.house.gov and @repmarktakano.bsky.social in a letter to Speaker Johnson condemning the rise in anti-transgender rhetoric and urging him to uphold the rules of decorum as Members engage in debate. There is no place for the use of slurs or harmful rhetoric in the People's House.

Students interested in government service who are spending the spring in Washington or Houston, you have until 11:00pm CT tonight to apply for one of our spring internships! More information at: fletcher.house.gov/services/int...

Another distressing read about the health care crisis that President Trump and congressional Republicans have caused by refusing to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits that Texans rely on. ⬇️ www.chron.com/politics/art...

President Trump promised to lower costs, but his policies are having the opposite effect. See what that means for some beloved places here in Houston and TX07. ⬇️ abc13.com/post/staple-...

Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan

tl;dr: Congressional Republicans don't have a plan. If they had a plan, they would have made it a priority months ago, not with just seven weeks to go before families' premiums skyrocket on January 1. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut.

Public servants—from soldiers to senators—swear an oath to the United States Constitution. President Trump's post calling for political violence against Democratic members of Congress who have reminded people of that fact is not merely irresponsible and indefensible, it is dangerous.

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us commit ourselves to giving every American the freedom, safety, and dignity that they deserve.

As families struggle under a health care and cost of living crisis, Trump's focus is on removing critical support for our children and their schools. I will not stop fighting against this illegal, unconscionable dismantling of the Department of Education. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

@energycommerce.bsky.social held a hearing on the risks of A.I. chatbots, but just a few months ago, Republicans on our committee--and the full House--voted to prevent states from passing laws to protect their citizens from these very threats FOR 10 YEARS.

As I said yesterday, the court reached the right result in its decision to prevent the new Texas congressional map from going into effect for the 2026 elections. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...

This morning, the @EnergyCommerce Energy Subcommittee will consider bills related to appliance and building policies. Tune in at 9:15 a.m. CST 🔜 www.youtube.com/live/mDwEQwN...

The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and the American people deserve the truth, and today the House took an important step toward providing it. See my statement on the House's vote to release the full Epstein files here: fletcher.house.gov/news/documen...

The devastating floods in the Hill Country brought heartbreak and loss to communities throughout Texas, especially in our district in Houston. While there is still much to be done to recover, today the House passed a resolution to honor the victims and those who risked their lives to help them.

Today is the 225th anniversary of the first meeting of the House at the U.S. Capitol. While much has changed since then, the purpose of our work in these hallowed halls remains the same—as President Lincoln later said almost to the day—a government of, by, and #ForThePeople.

“We don’t have any inflation.” “Inflation is almost nonexistent.” “We have almost no inflation.” Inflation—among other things, including the cost of groceries, gas, and home energy—is up. See the fact check ⬇️ www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...

Students interested in government service who are spending the spring in Washington or Houston, you have one week left to apply for one of our spring internships! More information at: fletcher.house.gov/services/int...

🚨ATTENTION: Are you or a loved one a United States Senator implicated in the January 6th insurrection? YOU may be entitled to financial compensation!

If Trump and his powerful friends have nothing to hide, then they should have no problem supporting our effort to find the truth for Jeffrey Epstein's victims. I agree with the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board: it's time to release the full Epstein Files. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...