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(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) requested additional program funding for our nation's fair housing programs.  In a letter submitted to Chairman Olver and Ranking Member Knollenberg of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee Congressman Al Green and 48 colleagues requested $26 million for the U.S.

(Houston, TX)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) joined Capital One Bank to announce the banks participation in the new low-interest loan programs created by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Fannie Mae.  Both loan programs, HUDs 203(k) product and Fannie Mae's Community RenovationTM product, offer low fixed-rate loans to finance the purchase of new homes and the renovation of damaged homes. These programs also refinance existing mortgages of damaged properties in need of renovation.

(Washington, DC)--On Wednesday, the Financial Services Committee passed legislation that included language introduced by Congressman Al Green (TX-09) that would address low-income housing shortages along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.  Congressman Al Green successfully authorized 4,500 new project-based vouchers to create housing for persons displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $5 million for fair housing programs along the Gulf Coast, and a program requiring HUD to reimburse landlords who participated in the FEMA city lease program.  These provisions were include

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) voted for bipartisan legislation that would give American workers a fair chance and a free choice to form a union.  The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800), introduced by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, passed by a vote of 241 to 185.  Congressman Al Green was an original cosponsor of the bill.

(Washington, DC)--Yesterday, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) introduced H.Res.198, a resolution recognizing the significance of Black History Month. The resolution was introduced with 69 bipartisan original cosponsors and has been referred to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. H.Res.198 currently has 76 cosponsors.

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) introduced a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.  The bill was introduced with 10 original co-sponsors, including Republican leads, Congressman Michael Burgess (TX-26) and Congressman John Culberson (TX-07).

"Dr. Michael DeBakey is a pioneer who has dedicated his life to saving the lives of others," Congressman Al Green said.  "His innovative research has had an immeasurable impact on the field of medicine both nationally and internationally."

(Washington, DC)--Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to support our troops and oppose the President's decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional combat troops in Iraq.  Congressman  Al Green stated that no amount of money and not even the most powerful military in the universe could create a free and independent Iraq unless the Iraqi people themselves seized the opportunity to do so.  He also stated that our troops could stay in Iraq forever and never have a free and independent Iraq as long as the Iraqi people

(Washington, DC)--Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 44, a bipartisan resolution introduced by Congressman Al Green (TX-09) honoring the 98th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Congressman Al Green's legislation, introduced in January, seeks to recognize the accomplishments of the NAACP in the civil rights movement.

The House passed H. Con. Res. 44 with 117 co-sponsors.  Senator Hillary Clinton introduced the companion resolution today in the Senate along with 27 bipartisan co-sponsors.