Al Green

I can't be all that I ought to be until you are all that you ought to be.

Life is an escapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

I have great appreciation for the Rooney Rule, and the Mansfield Rule, but I would like to visit with you very tersely about the money rule.

I could not agree with you more, and I regret that we find ourselves being reactive...

We are at a point regrettably in our history where we have to prepare for the unthinkable to deal with the inconceivable.

We shouldn't have allowed unlimited assault weapons on the streets capable of killing scores in seconds.

We have failed you. The adults have failed you.

I would like to acknowledge the words of Emily Dickinson. She reminds us that 'a word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.'

I am a little bit concerned about persons who believe that you can somehow pass a skin test.

I am especially thankful that you approved our having the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing in Houston, Texas.

At one time, as you well know, Black people were not allowed to learn, not allowed to get an education.

Mr. Frotman, let me ask you, and I hear my colleagues on the other side talking about all this.

I think all of you on the panel will agree that when we talk about the current student debt, it is a crisis.

If you are rich, you are going to qualify for a loan. You wouldn't need to get one, but you will qualify.

There was a profit of $780 billion in the banking industry of just the top-tier banks and $160 billion in losses

With the top 20 percent holding 90 percent of the wealth, is this a factor in this homelessness problem--and many others as well--but in the homelessness problem?

If you had the necessary resources, how much and then over what period of time before you would give us what results?

It really is a human tragedy of the highest magnitude.

I thank Congressman Al Green for his March 2018 letter supporting the Fair Housing Act, supporting Fair Housing Initiatives (FIT) funding.

Unfortunately, Mr. Watkins, we have a person at the highest office in this land who, in my opinion, does not appreciate, 'But for the grace of God, there go I.'

I will make sure that that staffer visits with you after this hearing.

HUD had moved the nation forward in addressing the rights and access of the transgender community in our shelter inventory and required all communities to provide equal access.

This bill is $13.3 billion, and it takes a holistic approach to dealing with this unnatural disaster.

This is bigger than any one single crisis. It is an affordable housing crisis, it is a living wage crisis, a mental health crisis, a substance abuse crisis, an incarceration crisis, and it is also an invidious discrimination crisis.

I am proud to say that I am a person who supports your bill, the Ending Homelessness Act, and here is why.