A Conversation with Colin Allred and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher

Description

Two members of the Texas congressional delegation talk about the week's news and look ahead to Election Day.

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Speakers

Colin Allred

U.S. Representative

Allred, D-Dallas, is currently serving his first term representing Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He sits on the House Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veteran’s Affairs committees. Previously, Allred served as a civil rights lawyer and a former special assistant in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of General Counsel under Sec. Julián Castro.

Lizzie Pannill Fletcher

U.S. Representative

Fletcher, D-Houston, is currently serving her first term representing Texas' 7th Congressional District. She is a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee. Fletcher is the co-founder of Planned Parenthood Young Leaders and served as a volunteer lawyer with Texas Appleseed. She has worked as an attorney in Houston since 2006.

Moderator

Abby Livingston

Washington Bureau Chief for The Texas Tribune

Livingston joined the Tribune in 2014 as the lead reporter in Washington, D.C., and won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington Regional Reporting for her work. She has covered political campaigns, House leadership and Congress for Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper. Previously, Livingston pitched and produced political segments for CNN’s “John King, USA” and was a political researcher at NBC News.