Press Releases
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(Washington, D.C.) – On Thursday, April 22, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement supporting H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Congressman Green is a proud supporter of D.C. statehood and serves as an original cosponsor for this legislation:
(Washington, DC) – On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, Congressman Al Green, Chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, introduced the Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021 in the House of Representatives. Companion legislation was simultaneously introduced by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chair.
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, April 16, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act:
(Washington, DC) – On Thursday, April 15, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, of which he serves as a proud original cosponsor:
(Houston, TX) – On Monday, April 5, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following congratulatory statement in honor of the swearing-in of Troy Finner as Chief of the Houston Police Department:
(Houston, TX) – On Monday, April 5, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement opposing SB 7 and HB 6, under current consideration by the Texas Legislature:
(Houston, TX) — On Friday, April 2, 2021, Congressman Al Green hosted a press conference in Houston’s Chinatown with local and state elected officials as well as community leaders to condemn anti-Asian violence and discrimination. Congressman Green traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday, March 28, 2021, with fellow CAPAC members to visit the sites of the March 16 shootings and to meet with two of the victims’ families. He has also spoken out against the recent physical attack on a 65-year-old Asian woman in Manhattan.
(Washington, DC) – On Thursday, March 18, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of the Dream and Promise Act, of which he is a proud cosponsor:
(Washington, DC) – On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), of which he is a proud original cosponsor:
(Washington, DC) – On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Congressman Al Green released the following statement in support of the effort to add the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution: