Gene Green News

A Texas Tribune investigation has sifted through hundreds of Congressional records to reveal where Texas lawmakers are traveling, and who is paying for it.

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Dec.

In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009 House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business First Vote Predicted... 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Last Vote Predicted... Evening "One Minutes" Conference Report on H.R. 3288 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 H.Res. 962 - Same Day ...

We all know our Federal Government is involved in Health Care legislation, the wars being fought to defend freedom, etc., but some responsible congressmen are also involved in saving our natural resources.

Thousands of people are working together in an effort to replace every single member of Congress.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady's run-in with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner brought him national recognition.

North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson introduced legislation last week that would require Congress to responsibly recycle its e-waste. Co-authored by representatives Gene Green, D-TX, Mary Bono Mack, R-CA, and Brian Bilbray, R-CA, House Resolution 938 aims to make sure that the outdated electronic equipment discarded by members of Congress and ...

The numbers include at least seven such Congressional Districts in the State of Texas--and that has lots of folks here in the Lone Star State--and around the nation--sitting up and paying close attention.

Texas members of the U.S. House mostly marched in step with colleagues when the House on Nov.

Finally, health care reform that works. The health reform bill that just passed the House of Representatives is good for Houston and good for America.

Since 2005, state and federal environmental officials have known the source of dangerous levels of the carcinogen dioxin originating in the San Jacinto River and contaminating seafood harvested from northern Galveston Bay.

Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the process for delivering the vaccine has been complicated because of lagging production and decentralized distribution.

Minority Media and Telecommunications Council Executive Director David Honig and Spanish Broadcasters Association Director Frank Montero have written to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers asking that their organizations be represented at a meeting on the Performance Rights Act that is ...

Texas Reps. Gene Green , a Democrat, and Mike Conaway , a Republican, wrote to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers on Wednesday asking to be included in any discussions regarding legislation that would force AM and FM radio stations to pay a new fee to performers and record labels.

Reps. Gene Green and Mike Conaway have sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers asking that they be included on the upcoming November 17 meeting regarding the issue of the Performance Rights Act.

November 4, 2009: Reps. Mike Conaway and Gene Green have written to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers , asking to participate in a discussion of the Performance Rights Act set for November 17.

Like other House Republicans, Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions rejects the Democrat-backed health care overhaul plan working its way through Congress.

Jay Johnson, the former Green Bay TV news anchor who represented Northeastern Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in the late 1990s, died Saturday at his home in suburban Washington, D.C. He was 66.

The 5th Annual Houston Port Region Coffee Symposium returns to the Hilton Americas-Houston Hotel, 1600 Lamar Street, on Monday, October 19.

House Representative Gene Green holds a "town hall" meeting in North Houston to discuss a number of issues, including the economic stimulus and health care reform.