Press Releases

(Houston, TX)--As a result of his visit in August to some troubled areas in the Middle East and Africa, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) will be hosting a Multi-Faith Prayer Vigil for World Peace on Monday, September 11, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in the Arab American Cultural Center, 10555 Stancliff Road, (Highway 59 South at West Bellfort) Houston, Texas.

Participants from various religious organizations will begin assembling at 6:30 p.m., followed by a program at 7:00 p.m., featuring prayers from religious leaders.  Activities will conclude by 8:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09), in collaboration with the Historically Black College & University Law Schools and the Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy, will host a Braintrust and panel discussion entitled, "Is There A Rebirth of Legal Racial Segregation?" The forum, which will take place on Friday, September 8 from 2-4 pm at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., will be one of the most exciting features of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2006 Annual Legislative Conference.

(Houston, TX)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) announced this years recipients of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundations Spouses Education Scholarship and Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship.  The CBC Spouses Education Scholarship Program has awarded millions of dollars to academically talented and highly motivated students who will pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degrees.  The CBC Spouses Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship, of which more than $1 million has been invested by General Mills, is awarded to undergraduate,

Who:     Congressman Al Green (TX-09)

What:    Press conference highlighting critical issues of war and peace in Darfur and the Middle East

When:    Tuesday, August 29, 2006
               10:00 a.m.

Where:   Office of Congressman Al Green
     3003 South Loop West, Suite 460
     Houston, Texas 77054

(Houston, TX)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) will hold a Fallen Heroes Appreciation Ceremony for three soldiers from his congressional district who were killed in the line of duty in Iraq.  The ceremony will take place Tuesday, August 15, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. in the fourth floor auditorium of the Michael E. DeBakey V.A. Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-9) joined his colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives today to urge the Republican leadership to raise the minimum wage.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09b)announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released $1.6 million in federal disaster aid for projects related to Hurricane Katrina.  The funds, which will be provided through FEMA's Public Assistance Program, will be allocated for police overtime and supplies for the temporary sheltering of Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the Houston Astrodome and the George R. Brown Convention Center.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) today spoke out in favor of the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) on the floor of the House of Representatives.  The VRA, which was established in 1965, provides protection to minority communities by prohibiting any voting practice that would abridge the right to vote on the basis of race and, specifically, abolished literacy and other tests which some states and local governments used to deny African Americans and other minorities the right to vote.  Some provisions of the VRA are set to expire next year if they