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Al Green

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Al N. Green is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district since 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, Green has focused on issues such as civil rights, healthcare, and economic justice throughout his tenure. He has been an outspoken advocate for various social issues, including gun control and voting rights.

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Jun 4, 2026

I will speak into the microphone so that I may be heard. I ask that any person who desires to interrupt me shut up.

foxnews.com
Jun 4, 2026

Reclaiming my time. Ask him to shut up. It’s my time. Tell him to shut up.

foxnews.com
May 28, 2026

I’m unbought, I’m unbossed and I’m liberated.

huffpost.com
May 28, 2026

Sorry to disappoint you, Mr. President, but you will hear from me again. I have more than enough time left in Congress to continue calling out your corruption. Sincerely, your unbought, unbossed, unafraid, unelected, liberated democrat.

washingtonexaminer.com
May 28, 2026

You probably see me smiling and it's because it's because this is not the end. This is the beginning of a new chapter.

pbs.org
May 27, 2026

This is not the end. This is the beginning of a new chapter.

pbs.org
May 27, 2026

I am so honored to have served for these many years, more than 20. And I'm honored to have done some things that I'm very proud of.

pbs.org
Mar 19, 2026

In closing, I have been censured but not silenced. In closing, I still say the solution is impeachment. We are still in a countdown to impeachment.

govinfo.gov
Mar 4, 2026

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to indicate that I attended the classified briefing yesterday. General Caine was there. The Secretary of State was there. The Secretary of War was there. I stayed from start to finish. Mr. Speaker, after hearing…

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Feb 3, 2026

Still I rise, Mr. Speaker, in mourning for the lives that have been lost at the hands and the color of law. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good should not have lost their lives as they did. Yes, I stand for impeachment of Ms. Noem, the…

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Dec 10, 2025

And still I rise to note that tonight I have called for the impeachment of Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America. He is an abuser of Presidential power. He has called for the execution of Members of the House of…

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Nov 5, 2025

It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up

salon.com
Sep 19, 2025

I did rise to my feet, and I did say to the President: You have no mandate to cut Medicaid.

govinfo.gov
Aug 15, 2025

We are witnessing before our very eyes, Mr. Speaker, genocide in Gaza.

counterpunch.org
Jul 17, 2025

Tonight, I voted against sending more military aid to Israel. I voted against it because I saw it as I currently see it, as a vote against collective punishment, a vote against ethnic cleansing, and a vote against genocide appearing before…

govinfo.gov
Jul 15, 2025

A person who breaches the Constitution that the courts can’t manage and their party won’t manage, then there’s but one option left.

nbcnews.com
Jul 15, 2025

I can’t say that he committed an impeachable offense and then not vote to impeach. I have a conscience; it’s a vote of conscience. And I say to members, ‘Vote your conscience,'

nbcnews.com
Jun 25, 2025

President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent threat to the United States.

truthout.org
Jun 24, 2025

President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war.

newrepublic.com
Jun 24, 2025

I did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.

newrepublic.com
Jun 24, 2025

President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent threat to the United States, which facilitates the devolution of American…

newrepublic.com
Jun 24, 2025

I understand that the Constitution is going to be meaningful or it’s going to be meaningless.

nypost.com
Jun 24, 2025

I do this because no one person should have the power to take over 300 million people to war without consulting with the Congress of the United States of America.

nypost.com
Jun 24, 2025

I take no delight in what I’m doing.

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