Rep. Gene Green

Recent Activity

• Jan. 18 Cosponsored HRES997: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding unfair and discriminatory practices of the government of Japan in its failure to apply its current and planned extension of the Government's Eco-friendly Vehicle Purchase and scrappag…

• Dec. 18 Cosponsored HR3430: To establish a Medicare DSH pilot program under which participants shall establish collaborative care networks to reduce the use of emergency departments, inpatient and other expensive resources of hospitals and other providers and provide more c…

• Sponsored HR4409: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program for the training of medical residents in community-based settings.

• Dec. 15 Cosponsored HR4244: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a simplified research tax credit for small businesses.

• Cosponsored HR4357: To use amounts repaid to the Treasury under the Troubled Assets Relief Program for relief to displaced and low-wage workers, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 14 Cosponsored HR4321: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 10 Cosponsored HR4290: To establish the New Economy Grant Program through the Department of Labor to create public works jobs on State and local lands and community-based public interest projects, to direct aid to State and local governments for the retention and rehir…

• Dec. 09 Sponsored HR4260: To provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period.

• Cosponsored HR4263: To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend for 1 year the period of temporary increase in the Medicaid FMAP.

• Cosponsored HR4266: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".

• Dec. 02 Cosponsored HRES946: Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HCONRES198: Recognizing Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury as the leading cause of death and disability in the United States for children and young adults from birth until 25 years of age and endorsing the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan to develo…

• Dec. 01 Cosponsored HR3654: To authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to procure, launch, and operate the next generation of weather forecasting satellites.

• Nov. 30 Cosponsored HRES55: Expressing support for the designation of a National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month to raise awareness of and promote research into this challenging disorder.

• Nov. 18 Cosponsored HR4123: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families.

• Cosponsored HR4126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HRES938: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the leaders of Congress and other legislative branch offices should work together to establish and implement a coordinated program for the reuse, recycling, and appropriate disposal of obs…

• Cosponsored HR3359: To raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools, and for ot…

• Nov. 17 Cosponsored HRES914: Supporting the observance of National Diabetes Month.

• Nov. 15 Cosponsored HRES864: Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.