Press Releases

(Houston, TX) – On Friday, August 6, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement:    

(Houston, TX) – On Friday, July 16, 2021, Congressman Al Green and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Reconciliation in Place Names Act. Originally introduced last year with then-Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), this bill would address land units and geographic features with racist and bigoted names.

(Houston, TX) – On Friday, July 16, 2021, Congressman Al Green – in conjunction with VN Teamwork – hosted a community event highlighting the new Child Tax Credit. Special guests included Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29). Congressman Green released the following statement:

(Washington, D.C.) – On Thursday, July 1, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement after introducing the Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution:

(Washington, DC) — On Thursday, July 1, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement on the passage of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act in the U.S. House of Representatives:

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(Washington, D.C.) — On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Congressman Al Green, Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, presented the following opening statement at a hearing entitled, “America on ‘FIRE’: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?”

(Houston, TX) – On Sunday, June 27, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement: