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(Houston, TX)--On April 8, 2013, Congressman Al Green, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Housing Task Force, participated in OCA-Greater Houston’s Press Conference to Denounce Attacks on Immigrant Family Reunification at the Asian American Family Services Center. He was joined at the press conference by Rogene Gee Calvert, former President, OCA-Greater Houston, Vinh Ho, Executive Director, Boat People SOS, and Kim Szeto, CEO, Asian American Family Services.

On March 19, 2013, Congressman Al Green offered the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives on the House Republican Budget Proposal:

"Mr. Chairman, I thank the ranking member for the time.

"Mr. Chairman, depending on your point of view, there is something in this budget for you to like and to love. If you like repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with nothing, then you love this budget.

"If you like having senior citizens pay more for their pharmaceuticals in the twilight of life, then you love this budget.

(Washington, DC)—On March 14, 2013, Congressman Al Green participated in his first Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing as Ranking Member.  The hearing was entitled “Who is Too Big to Fail? The Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Assessment of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and the Office of Financial Research (OFR).”