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(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) expressed his support for the passage of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194) in the House of Representatives. Congressman Al Green is a cosponsor of this legislation.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) applauded the recent passage of the Conference Report for H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010.  The report passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 221 to 202.  The Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes critical investments in education, worker training, and job creation, is designed to help American workers while moving the U.S. economy toward recovery.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) voted to pass historic legislation that will bring about the biggest changes in financial regulation since the New Deal, by voting in favor of H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Passed in the House by a vote of 223 to 202, this act establishes a comprehensive set of rules that will enhance consumer and investor protections with the goal of preventing another financial crisis such as the one the nation is now recovering from.

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) underscored the importance of the House Homeland Security Committee’s oversight hearing into last week’s security breach at the White House State Dinner.  Congressman Green made the following remarks at the conclusion of yesterday’s hearing in which Mark Sullivan, Director of the United States Secret Service, was the sole witness to appear of four invited witnesses     

(Washington, DC)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) expressed his support today for President Obama’s decision to deploy 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. This troop surge is a component of the Administration’s ongoing war strategy to protect the United States from international terrorism and to ultimately end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

Congressman Al Green acknowledged that in his speech, President Obama emphasized the importance of maintaining an open-ended war while addressing cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point.

(Houston, TX)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) expressed his support today for the Federal Transit Administration’s decision to approve a project that aims to expand Houston’s Light Rail System to different areas of the city.

Specifically, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has approved the University Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, which was presented by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), into the preliminary engineering phase of FTA’s New Starts program.

(Washington, DC)--In a unanimous vote, the House Committee on Homeland Security passed this week H.R. 2611, a measure which would authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Securing the Cities’ (STC) initiative.  The bill includes an amendment offered by Congressman Al Green (TX-09) that would expand the scope of the STC program to include at least two additional cities in the program. 

(Houston, TX)--Congressman Al Green (TX-09) participated today in the celebrations of Veterans Day in Houston, which this year was particularly emotional because of the tragedy at Fort Hood.

“As long as this is a Government of the people, by the people and for the people, they will be remembered,” said Congressman Al Green when he addressed the hundreds of people ---including veterans and civilians--- who had gathered at City Hall.