Gene Green

Gene Green
Raymond Eugene "Gene" Greenis the U.S. Representative for Texas's 29th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of eastern Houston, along with large portions of Houston's eastern suburbs...
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We're seeing more practices with multiple locations. ... Interest rates have been favorable for ownership.
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I voted for the bill before I voted against the bill. I didn't want to be the Lone Ranger.
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U.S. 90 is a major east and western thoroughfare freeway for the East Harris County region, but its true regional mobility potential cannot be reached unless the freeway links up directly with the interstate system through I-10.
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If they are going to compete, ... then they need to compete on the whole playing field.
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On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,
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This will literally open our end of the county, and as you know, we're already growing but this will mean a real boost.
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There are no hotel rooms to be had in Houston because we had 55,000 evacuees from Louisiana,
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It is so important for our side of the county,
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I think we can always do more to get ourselves together, especially at a time of crisis, ... We can work together without having to adopt the same philosophical positions.
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Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College. The Electoral College was necessary when communications were poor, literacy was low and voters lacked information about out-of-state figures, which is clearly no longer the case.
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I don't mind catching your fastball at all. Naturally, I'd want to have a glove on in case you might be having an especially good day.
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Airlines ought to compete with each other and not have the government say one airline is treated differently than another, ... That is the problem I have with this bill. It looks like it would help Northwest but doesn't help a carrier like Continental.