Who My Opponent Is

Lizzie Fletcher has represented this district for four terms. What you will find below is her voting record—the official, public, verifiable record of the choices she has made with the vote this district lends her. And what you will realize is that my opponent is not the moderate she said she was back in 2018.

Every claim below links to the official House record—the House Clerk's roll calls or Congress.gov. Read it for yourself.

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EXHIBIT A—SAME POLICY, OPPOSITE VOTES

The LNG reversal. In 2024, the House voted to restore approvals for American liquefied natural gas exports—an industry deeply relevant in this district. Rep. Fletcher voted no. Twenty-one months later, the House voted on the same policy again. This time, she voted yes.

  • February 15, 2024 (Biden administration): H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act. Roll Call 52, 224–200. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202452
  • November 20, 2025 (Trump administration): H.R. 1949, the same LNG export policy. Roll Call 304, 217–188. Fletcher: Yea. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025304

The policy didn't change. The White House did. And even after voting yes, she declined to cosponsor H.R. 1949.

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EXHIBIT B—THE ENERGY PATTERN

Rep. Fletcher is Vice Ranking Member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee and calls TX-07 "the energy capital of the world." Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez have crossed party lines on five separate energy votes since 2023. On all five, Fletcher voted the other way.

  • H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act (2023). Roll Call 182, passed 225–204. Cuellar: Yea. Gonzalez: Yea. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182
  • H.J.Res. 35, methane-fee repeal (2025). Roll Call 52, passed 220–206 (Public Law 119-2). Cuellar: Yea. Gonzalez: Yea. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202552
  • H.J.Res. 20, water-heater rule repeal (2025). Roll Call 53, passed 221–198 (Public Law 119-6). Cuellar: Yea. Gonzalez: Yea. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202553
  • H.J.Res. 88, gas-car-ban waiver repeal (2025). Roll Call 114, passed 246–164; 35 Democrats crossed over. Cuellar: Yea. Gonzalez: Yea. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025114
  • LNG (H.R. 7176, 2024), above. Cuellar: Yea. Gonzalez: Yea. Fletcher: Nay.

Five votes. Five times even Texas's most energy-friendly Democrats crossed the aisle. Five times, Fletcher didn't.

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EXHIBIT C—CRIME, IMMIGRATION & ENFORCEMENT

One of Representative Fletcher's newest bills ties the hands of border enforcement. H.R. 10040, the "No TSA Data for ICE Act"—authored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America—would prohibit the TSA from sharing traveler information with ICE and CBP. Fletcher chose to add her name as one of its 26 cosponsors. The bill's text contains no carve-out for terrorism cases and none for national security. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10040/text

She voted no on the Deporting Fraudsters Act. H.R. 1958 makes public-benefits fraud and document fraud grounds for inadmissibility and deportation. Roll Call 94, passed 231–186. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202694

She voted no on detaining and deporting non-citizens who assault police. H.R. 7343 amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require detention of a non-citizen unlawfully present who is charged with or convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer. Roll Call 204 (2024), passed 265–148, with 54 Democrats crossing to vote yes. Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024204

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EXHIBIT D—WHAT SHE WRITES, AND WHAT SHE DOESN'T

Where you learn what a member cares about is in what they choose to write.

Her own bill: freeze hiring at ICE. The Freeze ICE Act (H.R. 7392)—introduced and led by Fletcher, with Rep. John Garamendi of California as co-lead—would impose a hiring freeze on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She also voted against the Secure America Act and its $38.5 billion for ICE (S. 2, Roll Call 214, June 9, 2026, 214–212, Fletcher No). https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214

Her flagship effort: the abortion-travel bill. The bill Fletcher is best known for—the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act—guarantees the right to cross state lines, out of Texas, for an abortion. It passed the House in July 2022 when her party held the majority, then died in the Senate. She has re-filed it every Congress since; it is pending today as H.R. 4099. She paired it with the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act (H.R. 4265)—federal grant dollars to pay for the travel, lodging, and meals of those trips. And she cosponsored and voted twice for the Women's Health Protection Act—September 2021 (Roll Call 295, 218–211) and July 2022 (Roll Call 360, 219–210).

Here is the problem: the right her flagship bill guarantees is not Congress's to grant. Justice Kavanaugh wrote in the Dobbs decision itself that a state may not bar its residents from traveling to another state for an abortion. Re-filing it every two years doesn't change a single law in Texas—it makes a statement. Strip away the part that restates rights Americans already hold, and what's genuinely new is the money: federal taxpayer grants to pay for abortion travel. Not energy, in the energy capital of the world. Not flooding. Abortion. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4099

Four terms. Two bills. Three pages. After four terms and a leadership seat on Energy & Commerce, her complete record of bills signed into law is two, totaling three pages:

  • H.R. 1917, the Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act—a FEMA hazard-mitigation fix, signed into law January 5, 2023 (Public Law 117-332). 2 pages.
  • H.R. 5317—renaming a Houston post office for Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, signed into law December 21, 2020 (Public Law 116-243). 1 page.

Now look for the public safety bill. Or the education bill. Here is every measure Rep. Fletcher has introduced in this Congress—all thirteen, straight from Congress.gov:

  • H.R. 10262—21st Century SPR Act
  • H.R. 8968—No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026
  • H.R. 7392—Freeze ICE Act (hiring freeze on ICE)
  • H.R. 4099—Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (interstate abortion travel)
  • H.R. 2975—Broadband Incentives for Communities Act
  • H.R. 2769—American Gas for Allies Act (LNG exports to NATO allies)
  • H.R. 2047—Pink Tariffs Study Act
  • H.R. 1607—HEIR Act of 2025 (housing)
  • H.R. 999—Right to Contraception Act
  • H.J.Res. 125—HHS Administrative Procedure Act disapproval resolution
  • H.Res. 830—Rule for consideration of H.R. 999 (contraception)
  • H.Res. 369—Sense of the House on HHS notice-and-comment procedure
  • H.Res. 191—Honoring the life of Mayor Sylvester Turner

Not one addresses public safety or education. Full record: https://www.congress.gov/member/lizzie-fletcher/F000468

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EXHIBIT E—A FEW MORE VOTES WORTH YOUR ATTENTION

The stock-trading vote. In July 2026 the House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008), which bars members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing individual stocks. Roll Call 280, passed 232–198. While thirteen Democrats voted yes, Rep. Fletcher voted no. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280

Iran. In March 2026, on a resolution reaffirming that Iran remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, Fletcher was one of 53 votes against. It passed 372–53; every no vote was a Democrat. Roll Call 84 (H.Res. 1099). Fletcher: Nay. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202684

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EXHIBIT F—WOMEN'S SPORTS & THE EQUALITY ACT

She voted no, twice, on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. In its own terms, the bill recognizes sex for Title IX school athletics as based solely on reproductive biology and genetics at birth, and makes it a Title IX violation for federally funded schools to allow individuals of the male sex to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls. It passed the House twice—219–203 in 2023 (H.R. 734, Roll Call 192) and 218–206 in 2025 (H.R. 28, Roll Call 12). https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023192 and https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202512

She cosponsored and voted for the Equality Act, twice. The Equality Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes across federal civil-rights law. The text she put her name on provides that an individual may not be denied access to a shared facility—the statute lists restrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms—in accordance with the individual's gender identity. She was an original cosponsor and voted yes in both 2019 (Roll Call 217) and 2021 (Roll Call 39). https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019217 and https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202139

Vice Chair of the Equality Caucus, and a mid-campaign cosponsorship. She serves as a Vice Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus. And on February 11, 2026, in the middle of this campaign, she added her name to H.Res. 1058, the "Transgender Bill of Rights," which calls for adding gender identity to the Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing access to school athletics and facilities consistent with gender identity, and codifying access to gender-affirming care nationwide. Both are her choices, on the record. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1058 and https://equality.house.gov/about-cec/membership

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EXHIBIT G—CRYPTO & DIGITAL ASSETS

Houston has become a center of gravity for the digital-asset industry, and yet Representative Fletcher has no interest in engaging with this growing movement here in the city. She voted no on the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), the crypto market-structure framework dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC. It passed 294–134, with 78 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote yes. (The bill passed the House and is pending in the Senate, where a first attempt to advance it fell short in September 2026.) https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025199

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HOW WE SOURCED THIS PAGE

Every vote is confirmed against the House Clerk's official roll-call record. When we describe what a bill does, we describe it from the bill text on Congress.gov—not from headlines. And we include the votes that cut against our case, because a record read selectively isn't a record; it's an ad.

Want to fact-check us? Good—that's the point of this page. Congresswoman Fletcher's office publishes her full vote record. Read it for yourself: https://fletcher.house.gov/voterecord/?Page=0

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Paid for by Alexander Hale for Congress.

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