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HOUSTON, TX — Today, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) announced that his casework team has closed more than 500 constituent cases since he took office. This milestone reflects eight months of delivering results for the people of Texas’s 18th Congressional District. After TX-18 went more than 330 days without representation in Congress, this accomplishment is a clear sign that our district is back to having a strong, responsive office working for the people.

HOUSTON, TX — A bipartisan coalition of the Texas congressional delegation is speaking with one voice on where the United States Space Academy belongs: Texas.

HOUSTON, TX — Today, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) released the following statement after two Houston-area high school students, a 17-year-old from Westbury High School and a 15-year-old from Westfield High School, were killed in separate shootings this week: 

HOUSTON, TX — Today, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) announced that Texas Southern University (TSU) will receive $4.2 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Education’s Supplemental Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Mandatory Grants program.

The federal program provides additional resources to HBCUs to strengthen their institutions and expand educational opportunities for their students.

HOUSTON, TX — Congressman Christian Menefee (TX-18), and Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (LA-02), alongside Reps. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10),), and Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) re-introduced the Equity in Research Act. This legislation creates a targeted National Science Foundation grant program to increase research capacity for under-resourced institutions of higher education.

HOUSTON, TX — Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) is urging Texans to check their voter registration and make sure their addresses are up to date ahead of the October 5 registration deadline for the November 3, 2026, election.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) highlighted Houston’s role in the future of advanced energy during a House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy hearing, “Powering the Nuclear Renaissance: Accelerating U.S. Leadership in Advanced Nuclear Reactors.”

HOUSTON, TX — As the August Work Period comes to a close, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18) released the following statement highlighting his work and meetings with constituents, community leaders, health care providers, and small businesses across Texas’s 18th Congressional District.