Press Releases

(Houston, TX)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) wrote to the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves, requesting that the Bureau place media advertisements for the upcoming 2010 Census in minority and ethnically-owned newspapers, television and radio stations in order to reach hard-to-count areas in the Ninth Congressional District.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) commended President Obama for laying out a plan to lead America on the road to long-term economic recovery and for his renewed commitment to improving the lives of all middle Americans with a focus on the middle class and under-privileged communities.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) cautioned witnesses against profiling suspected terrorists only on the basis of religion at today’s House Homeland Security Committee’s oversight hearing investigating the attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day. The hearing entitled, “Flight 253: Learning Lessons from an Averted Tragedy,” examined the circumstances that surrounded the incident, providing the public with insight into the event and the security lapses that led to a systemic failure of the intelligence community.      

(Washington, DC)--On January 26, 2010, Congressman Al Green voted for S. 2949, legislation which expands the U.S. Repatriation Assistance fund to $25 million in order to provide emergency aid to repatriated Americans.  The bill passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday by voice vote and was signed into law by President Obama today.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green voted yes on a congressional resolution (H. Res. 1021) to express solidarity with the people of the Republic of Haiti. Congressman Al Green was an original co-sponsor of the resolution, which passed the House today by a vote of 411-1.

(Washington, DC)--During today’s hearing on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill Claims Processing System, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) submitted for the record, a letter he recently sent to Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  In the letter, Congressman Al Green commended the Department of Veterans Affairs and the committee for its hard work on behalf of our nation’s veterans, but implored them to use all available resources to alleviate the huge backlog of education claims.

(Washington, DC)--Today, by a unanimous vote, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2611, a bipartisan measure which would authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s Securing the Cities initiative.  The bill, introduced by Representative Peter King (NY-03), included an amendment offered by Representative Al Green (TX-09) that would expand the scope of the Securing the Cities program to include at least two additional high-risk urban cities, making it a national program.
           

(Washington, DC)--Today, the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, held a hearing on the Housing Fairness Act of 2009 (H.R. 476), which Congressman Al Green (TX-09) introduced in the House of Representatives in January of 2009.