Representative Gene Green

District 29 - Representative Gene Green - D

2470 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-1688 tel
(202) 225-9903 fax
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Committees:

ENERGY & COMMERCE (Subs: Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection; Energy; Environment; Health (Ranking Member))

Global Action Record:

2003 - HR 1298 - AIDS, TB, Malaria - not voting
2003 - HR 192 - Microcredit - passed voice vote
2003 - HR 2068 - TB - domestic - cosponsor
2003 - HR 2069 - TB - foreign - cosponsor
2004 - HR 3818 - Microcredit auth - cosponsor
2004 - signed Microcredit sign-on letter
2005 - signed Debt Relief sign-on letter
2005 - signed TB funding sign-letter
2005 - signed Leach/Lowey G-8 summit sign-on letter
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - cosponsor
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - Yea
2005 - signed Smith/Holt World Bank microcredit sign-on letter
2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote
2006 - HR 5022 - Stop TB Now - cosponsor
2007 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - author
2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - cosponsor
2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent
2007 - signed Lee/Shays AIDS funding sign-on letter to Appropriations
2007 - signed Holt World Bank Microcredit meeting sign-on letter
2007 - Will weigh in with Obey on $300m global and $252m domestic TB into emergency supplemental
Yea
2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - staffer (Vanessa Jones) attended XDR-TB briefing
2007 - NAY on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund
2007 - met with Dr. Yamada of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation about TB
2007 - signed Payne letter requesting Senate TB funding level of $200m
2007 - signed Payne/McCaul World Bank Tuberculosis sign on letter to Zoellick
2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent
2008 - HR 2266 - United Stated Commitment to Global Child Survival - cosponsor
2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Yea / yea on Senate version
2008 - HRes 1268 - House sense on foreign assistance as critical to security - cosponsor
2008/07/11 - signed Payne letter requesting $550m for global TB programs
2009 - HR 2000 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor
2009/03/26 - signed Green/Brady letter requesting $210m for domestic TB programs
2009/04/01 - signed Holt/Moran letter requesting $500m for microcredit
2009/06/12 - signed Payne/Young letter requesting $650 for bilateral TB programs
2009/10/22 - signed Lee/Inglis/Payne letter to Obama for $1.75B GFATM in FY11
2010 - HRES 1155 - Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs - cosponsor
2010/03/19 - signed Green/Engel letter requesting $220m for domestic TB programs
2010/07/22 - sign Lee letter urging President Obama to support $6B over 3 years for the GFATM
2011/07/15 - signed Rush/Smith/Payne letter urging USAID to focus micro-finance on poorest, women, Sub-Saharan Africa with savings led programs
2011/10/26 - signed Schakowsky letter to Sec. of State Clinton to support $375m / 3 year pledge to Global Partnership for Education
2012/03/20 - signed Young/Engel letter to Appropriations requesting support for bilateral TB-funding
2012/08/02 - HRes 734 - Recognizing frontline health workers - cosponsor
2012/08/02 - HR 2705 - Education for All Act - cosponsor
2012/09/10 - HR 2524 - Microenterprise Empowerment and Job Creation Act - cosponsor
2012/09/13 - signed Schakowsky letter to Sec. of State Clinton to support $125m in FY13 to Global Partnership for Education
2012 - helped create and joined TB Elimination Caucus
2013/03 – initiated Engel/Green/Young bi-lateral TB appropriations request letter to Foreign Operations
2013/03 – initiated Engel/Green U.S. TB appropriations request letter to LHHS
2013/03/21 - H Res 133 – Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs - cosponsor
2013/06/04 - signed McCollum, Reichert, McGovern, Schock letter to administration requesting pledge for Nutrition for Growth
2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay
2014/02/25 - HR 2780 - Education for All Act - cosponsor
2014/03/27 - signed Engel, Young, Green $243M Domestic TB letter
2014/03/28 - signed Engel, Young, Green $400M Global TB letter
2014/05/21 - signed Schakowsky Global Partnership for Education $250 million / 2 year pledge letter to administration
2014/11/12 - HRes 688 - Supporting vaccines through GAVI Alliance - cosponsor
2015/03/19 - Initiated and signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
2015/03/19 - Initiated and signed Engel/Young/Green domestic TB appropriations letter
2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Nay /
2016/03/17 - Initiated and signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
2016/03/17 - Initiated and signed Engel/Young/Green domestic TB appropriations letter
2016/05/27 - HR 3706 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
2017/03/28 - signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral TB $450million funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2018/03/16 – signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral Tuberculosis Appropriations letter
2018/03/16 – signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Lee/Ross/Bera/Donovan Maternal & Child Health, Gavi and Nutrition Appropriations letter
2018/06/28 - HR 4022 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
2018/08/02 – signed Engel, Young, Green urging admin for bold U.S. leadership at UN-HLM on TB

U.S. Action Record:

2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - Yea
2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Yea / Yea after veto / Yea after rewrite
2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - Yea/Yea
2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Yea
2007 - HR 3014 - Health Equity and Accountability Act- cosponsor
2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - Yea
2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - Yea
2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-Yea 11/15-Yea
2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 Yea
2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Yea/Yea/Yea
2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea
2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) - Yea
2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - yea / yea after veto
2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Yea
2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Yea
2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - cosponsor - Yea
2009 - HR 4154 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act - Yea
2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Yes
2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Yea
2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Yea
2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Yea/Nay
2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Nay
2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b)- Nay
2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay
2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Nay
2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Nay
2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Nay, Nay

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