1. Raymond Eugene Green was born on October 17,1947 and is an American politician who served as the US representative for, serving for 13 terms.
18 Facts About Gene Green
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Gene Green's district included most of eastern Houston, including portions of the suburbs.
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In November 2017, Green announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not run for re-election in 2018.
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Gene Green was born in Houston and he graduated from the University of Houston, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1971 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1977.
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Gene Green held positions as a business manager and a private attorney prior to his election to Congress.
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Gene Green was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972.
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Gene Green was elected to the Texas Senate in 1985.
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Gene Green defeated Reyes in the runoff by only 180 votes, all but assuring him of election in this heavily Democratic district.
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Gene Green was reelected 12 times, never facing substantive electoral opposition.
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Gene Green later endorsed State Senator Sylvia Garcia, who now represented his old state senate district as his successor.
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Gene Green left office in January 2019 after representing portions of eastern Houston for 46 years, having never lost an election.
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From 1996 until his retirement in 2019, Gene Green was a member of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Gene Green served on the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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Since being elected to the House of Representatives, Gene Green had been working on education, labor, energy, domestic manufacturing, health issues, NASA's Johnson Space Center, and Social Security and veterans benefits.
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Gene Green has worked to improve access to quality health care, support initiatives to improve our economy and increased job training, and maintain financial aid for students.
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Gene Green voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution in 2002, and gave a speech on the house floor linking Saddam Hussein to the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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Gene Green proposed legislation addressing domestic and global electronic waste concerns.
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Gene Green served on the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health during drafting of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and helped write and amend the legislation.