James Norton: “I commend Congressman Gene Green of Texas for his steadfast advocacy to this bill. In the 109th Congress, he introduced…”

“I commend Congressman Gene Green of Texas for his steadfast advocacy to this bill. In the 109th Congress, he introduced H.R. 4252, a bill to designate the Department of Education headquarters building. Lyndon Baines Johnson, "the teacher who became President," was one of the leading political figures of the 20th century, I think, on both sides of the aisle, it would be agreed. He served the country in ways too numerous to mention, including lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II. A Member of both Houses of Congress, Vice President of the United States and, of course, the 36th President of the United States, we are all aware of President Johnson's humble beginnings in Stonewall, Texas. In 1927, he enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos, Texas, now the Texas State University at San Marcos. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in August 1930. After graduation, he taught at Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas, and taught public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston, Texas. In a special election in 1937, President Johnson won the U.S. House of Representatives seat representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, defeating nine other candidates.”