Biography
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher represents Texas’ Seventh Congressional District in Houston and the greater Houston area.
A resident of Houston and Congressional District Seven nearly all of her life, Congresswoman Fletcher was first elected to represent the district in 2018. Before her election to Congress, she represented Houstonians in the courtroom as a lawyer on a wide range of matters, starting her legal career at Vinson & Elkins in Houston and later joining boutique litigation firm AZA, where she became its first woman partner. Congresswoman Fletcher graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio in 1997, where she earned highest honors in History and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After college, she worked in the business and non-profit sectors for six years before attending William & Mary Law School in Virginia, where she was editor-in-chief of the William and Mary Law Review.
In the 119th Congress, Congresswoman Fletcher is Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, where she serves on the subcommittees on Health, Energy, and Oversight & Investigations. During previous terms in Congress, she served on the Energy & Commerce Subcommittees on Communications & Technology and Consumer Protection & Commerce, and on the House Committees on Transportation & Infrastructure and Science, Space, & Technology.
Congresswoman Fletcher is Chair of the Texas Democratic Delegation, a member of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, and a Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus.
Active on issues important to the district’s diverse and dynamic community, Congresswoman Fletcher is a leader of key caucuses, including the New Democrat Coalition; the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, where she serves as the Vice Chair and Whip; the Equality Caucus, where she is a Vice Chair; the Black Maternal Health Caucus; the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; the Postal Preservation Caucus; and the Task Force for Combatting Anti-Semitism. She Co-Chairs the American Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, the Flood Resilience Caucus, and the Friends of Belgium Caucus.
Representing the energy capital of the world, she also Co-Chairs the Natural Gas Caucus and is a member of the Energy Export Caucus, the Offshore Wind Caucus, the Oil and Gas Caucus, and the PORTS Caucus.
Congresswoman Fletcher and her husband Scott live in Houston, Texas.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives write and vote on federal laws, including the federal budget. Each represents one district and serves a two-year term. Tax bills must start in the House, only the House can impeach federal officials, and members oversee federal agencies through their committees.