Press Releases

(Washington, DC)--Today, the President signed S. 474, a bill sponsored and passed in the Senate by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), to award a congressional gold medal to Texas medical legend, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.

(Washington, DC)--Congressmen Al Green (D-TX) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC), members of the House Committee on Financial Services, today introduced the Mortgage Disclosure Simplification Act of 2007.  This legislation will require mortgage lenders to give every borrower a one-page summary of important information regarding their loan.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) responded to the President’s veto of the bipartisan, bicameral SCHIP reauthorization bill.

(Washington, DC)--Today,Congressman Al Green (TX-09) passed S. 474, a bill sponsored and passed in the Senate by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), to award a congressional gold medal to Texas medical legend, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.  On September 17, 2007, Congressman Al Green successfully passed his House version of this bill, H.R.

(Washington, DC)--In response to the rule issued today by the Department of Housing and Urban Development terminating the ability of down payment assistance providers to participate in the Federal Housing Administration program, Representative Gary G. Miller, Chairwoman Maxine Waters, and Representative Al Green issued the following statement:

(Washington, DC)--On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, the House committee on Homeland Security considered H.R.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) voted in favor of the bipartisan House-Senate agreement on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization.  This legislation, which passed the U.S.

(Washington, DC)--Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R.