Rep. Lizzie Fletcher

Elected in 2018, Representative Lizzie Pannill Fletcher represents a district in the greater Houston area. 

In the 116th Congress she serves on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, where she serves as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, which oversees Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); as well as on the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, which has oversight over the Army Corps of Engineers; and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. She also serves on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, where she Chairs the Subcommittee on the Environment, which oversees all matters relating to environmental research; as well as on the Subcommittee on Energy. 

Before her election to Congress, Fletcher practiced law in Houston, starting her career at Vinson & Elkins before joining AZA, a boutique litigation firm, where she became its first woman partner. She graduated with highest honors in History from Kenyon College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and from The College of William & Mary School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Law Review. 

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