Veterans
Information regarding my stance on Veterans' issues.
(Washington, D.C.) – On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Congressman Al Green released the following statement, applauding the passage of H.R. 3055, an appropriations package funding portions of the federal government including the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The legislation includes a bipartisan amendment he cosponsored with Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) and ten other Members to increase funding from $45 million to $47 million for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program in fiscal year 2020.
(Washington, DC)-- On May 15, 2013, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) bill, H.R. 384, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 by a bipartisan vote of 420 to 3. This bill aims to help prevent low-income veteran families from falling into homelessness as well as provide relief for those currently homeless. This bill does this by moving the Special Assistant for Veterans’ Affairs into the Office of the Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as a matter of law not discretion.
(Washington, DC)--On January 23, 2013, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Congressman Mike Michaud (ME-02), reintroduced two bills that would impact homelessness among veterans: H.R. 384, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2013, and H.R. 385, the Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2013 (HAVEN Act), in the House of Representatives.
(Washington, DC)--During the week of January 14, 2013, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) introduced two bills: the Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2013, also known as the Housing Fairness Act of 2013, as well as the Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2013 in the House of Representatives.