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(Washington, DC)--Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007.  This bill responds to the subprime mortgage crisis by instituting much needed reform which would prevent bad loans from being made to consumers who cannot repay those loans.

(Washington, DC) – The House of Representatives, today, passed 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Conference Report by a vote of 270-147.  The Transportation and Housing Conference Report addresses the important challenges of keeping our transportation system safe and strong, ensuring that every American has adequate shelter, and doing so in a way th

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

(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: