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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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Jul 22, 2025

and still I rise today to speak truth to power, as well as speak truth about power. I rise to speak truth about what is happening to the Palestinians in Gaza. I rise to ask: What do we call it when we have a group of people who are being…

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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…

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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,'

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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.

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Jul 2, 2025

and still I rise now, as I did during the Joint Address to Congress when I told the President and the Nation that there is no mandate to cut Medicaid. The waste, fraud, and abuse argument is a facade, because no empirical evidence has been…

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Jun 27, 2025

and still I rise. I say ``and still I rise'' because I have been censured, but I would like to assure people that I have not been silenced; censured but not silenced. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, proud to say that I am an ally of the…

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Jun 27, 2025

if I may, I want to let people know this not just for the Honorable Chip Roy, but I have relationships with people across all lines in this Congress. When he comes to the floor and says that he wishes me safe travels, I want to let people…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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Jun 24, 2025

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

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Jun 24, 2025

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

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Jun 24, 2025

President Trump's unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power...

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Jun 24, 2025

H. Res. 537, impeaching, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, that Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the…

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Jun 24, 2025

I take no delight in what I’m doing.

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Jun 24, 2025

In starting his illegal and unconstitutional war with Iran without the constitutionally mandated consent of Congress...

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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.

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Jun 23, 2025

I believe that the hour of decision is upon us, and we all have to decide are we going to go down and choose the path of democracy or we allow ourselves to choose the low road of autocracy?

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May 14, 2025

and still I rise, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. Mr. Speaker, I rise, driven by conscience, to embrace the moral imperative to speak truth not only to power but to also speak truth about power. I rise today to acknowledge, driven by…

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May 8, 2025

And still I rise, a liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, unafraid, and most feared by President Donald John Trump. I am most feared because the President recently tweeted that he would have me removed from Congress because I have…

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May 1, 2025

And still I rise. I rise at this moment in time to preview my Articles of Impeachment. This is to preview. This is not to present but to preview my Articles of Impeachment. Before giving this preview, I will thank a couple of people. There…

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May 1, 2025

And still I rise, proud to have this opportunity to speak in this almost sacred place, proud to have the opportunity to address a topic of paramount importance to the American people, and proud to acknowledge a colleague who has taken a…

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May 1, 2025

And still I rise. Still I rise with my cane in hand. So feared, this cane, by many of my colleagues across the aisle. It is feared to the extent that they would conclude that it might be more than a cane. Yet, that is simply what it is…

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May 1, 2025

To the Articles of Impeachment, these articles have two places, maybe three, wherein the President has confessed. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 24 minutes…

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May 1, 2025

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your kindness. He is defying the Federal courts. Once you do this, you become a de facto dictator--you reduce the country to a de facto dictatorship--and for this you must be impeached. The Articles will go into…

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