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(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) “Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010” (H.R. 476) moved forward in Congress after being approved in a mark up session held by the House Committee on Financial Services. The bill has now been favorably approved and reported out of Committee.
(Washington, DC)--This week, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) has introduced the Johnson Space Center Workforce Stability Act of 2010 (H.R.
(Washington, DC)--Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213) by a vote of 272-152.
(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) applauded the Senate passage of the Conference Report on the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (H.R.4173), which passed by a vote of 60-39. According to Green, this bill is not only fair for the American people, but historic for the nation.
(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) voted to support the Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2010 (H.R. 5114), which passed the House by a vote of 329-90. Congressman Al Green is a cosponsor of the bill, which amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through 2015.
(Washington, DC)--This week, Congressman Al Green (TX-09), along with other members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, travelled to the Gulf Coast Region to get a first hand look at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
(Washington, DC)--This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two amendments sponsored by Congressman Al Green (TX-09) to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010.
(Washington, DC)--This week, the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 242, Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) resolution honoring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the occasion of its 101st anniversary, by a vote of 421-0.
(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) “Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010” (H.R. 476) was unanimously voted out of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and forwarded to the Committee on Financial Services with a favorable recommendation.
(Houston, TX)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) hosted students from several Houston-area high schools who attended his Town Hall Youth Summit where he talked about the importance of getting a good education and encouraged them to graduate.