Gene Green Quotes

Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College.

- Gene Green

College, Citizen, Electoral, Partisan

More than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does nationally is preventive care - including cervical cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and family planning - mostly for women with low resources and income below the poverty line.

- Gene Green

Income, Line, Mostly, Family Planning

The Federal Communications Commission licensed satellite radio to be a national-only radio service.

- Gene Green

Service, Communications, Licensed

I hear from broadcasters pretty often. Their ad revenue is down.

- Gene Green

Revenue, Pretty, Ad, Broadcasters

Whether it was the Alaskan pipeline disaster or the Texas City refinery fire where 15 people died, time after time it's been shown that BP chooses expediency over safety.

- Gene Green

City, Over, Been, Refinery

Congress should let HRSA release its guidance and analyze its impact before making changes to the 340B program that would harm safety-net hospitals and our vulnerable patients.

- Gene Green

Making, Hospitals, Harm, Analyze

The Hunting Bayou and Greens Bayou watersheds have experienced major flooding over the years and are crying out for investment to protect the hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses in those areas.

- Gene Green

Investment, Over, Flooding, Greens

Many Americans are unaware that discarded electronics often contain lead, mercury, and other toxins and end up being salvaged under inhumane conditions in the developing world.

- Gene Green

Electronics, Discarded, Unaware

I did have a constituent four or five years ago - she never liked me. So, she called, I returned her call, and she was complaining about something, and she said: 'And why do you always use green? I think it's narcissistic.' And I said, 'Well, ma'am, everyone has to have a gimmick, and that's my gimmick.'

- Gene Green

I Think, Use, About, Narcissistic

You draw a district for that particular minority - African American, Asian, Hispanic - so those folks have the right to elect whoever they want. If they don't decide to elect someone who sounds like them or looks like them, they can pick anyone they want.

- Gene Green

American, Decide, Minority, Hispanic

Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.

- Gene Green

Come, Leaders, Having, Hispanic

I work closely with Hispanic leadership.

- Gene Green

Work, Leadership, Closely, Hispanic

Punishment for putting patients at risk ought to reflect the gravity of manufacturing, distributing or selling counterfeit medications.

- Gene Green

Punishment, Reflect, Putting, Manufacturing

I've been hearing from people saying they see me more than they do their city council member.

- Gene Green

City, More, Been, City Council

Shell and Exxon support export, but refiners like Valero could end up paying more for the crude oil.

- Gene Green

More, Like, Could, Export

The Vietnam War soured President Johnson's legacy. We still have to recognize his domestic legacy.

- Gene Green

Legacy, Still, Domestic, Vietnam War

Instead of saying we need to outlaw certain types of weapons, we need to find better ways to enforce current law.

- Gene Green

Law, Need, Types, Enforce

If the EPA cannot or will not act to halt the toxic e-waste trade to developing nations, then Congress should take action.

- Gene Green

Will, Toxic, Congress, EPA

As the pace of technology increases, the amount of toxic electronic waste is piling up at home and abroad.

- Gene Green

Toxic, Waste, Increases, Piling

We have lots of students graduating from our high schools, and you import the labor, then we're not giving that opportunity to our own folks.

- Gene Green

Own, Students, Import, High Schools

What happened with Keystone is it actually poisoned the well for other pipelines that are not as controversial.

- Gene Green

Well, Other, Actually, Controversial

There's a value in used electronic equipment, and currently, there are small, domestic recyclers that process this equipment safely. But they have a hard time competing with facilities overseas that have few, if any, environmental and safety standards.

- Gene Green

Small, Used, Overseas, Facilities

It takes time to understand the difference between civilian POWs and military POWs. There's an educational process.

- Gene Green

Process, Educational, POWs

It's no secret I was part of John Dingell's whip team.

- Gene Green

Secret, Part, John, Whip

Women who may choose to have silicone breast implants are entitled to independent research to ensure they have complete and comprehensive information. It's especially important since so many women have experienced complications with their implants they never knew were possible.

- Gene Green

Independent, Entitled, Implants

The significant regulatory impact of reclassifying broadband services is not something that should be taken lightly and should not be done without additional direction from Congress.

- Gene Green

Impact, Congress, Regulatory, Broadband

In some cases, corporations engaged in this activity have as much as 16 percent of their profits generated through the holding of 'janitor's insurance.'

- Gene Green

Insurance, Through, Engaged, Corporations

If you're going to do something to hurt the district I represent, I can't vote for it.

- Gene Green

Vote, Going, District, Represent

I'd like to vote for a bill. But I'm not going to vote for one unless I think it's going to be good for the area I represent.

- Gene Green

Think, I Think, Area, Represent

I represent a blue-collar district: people who work at petrochemical plants and machine shops.

- Gene Green

Work, Plants, Machine, Represent

The Electoral College was necessary when communications were poor, literacy was low, and voters lacked information about out-of-state figures, which is clearly no longer the case.

- Gene Green

College, Necessary, Which, Case

If you're not worried, you're not reasonable.

- Gene Green

You, Reasonable, Worried

I'm not a green like most Democrats would be. I have a blue-collar district.

- Gene Green

Green, Most, Would, Blue-Collar

I have a lot of hard-working, blue-collar people in my district who are at the end of their unemployment benefits.

- Gene Green

People, Benefits, Lot, Blue-Collar

If we can't remove a member of Congress who has been convicted of 10 felonies - including using his office for personal gain - we risk losing the faith and trust of the American people that we have.

- Gene Green

Trust, Been, Using, Remove

Sen. Clinton carried our district, and it is difficult to vote against your constituents.

- Gene Green

Against, Carried, District, Vote

You have to have patience to be a legislator.

- Gene Green

Patience, You, Legislator

Cap and trade is not an easy one for refiners, so we tried to get some moderation in the bill, and we did, but not near as much I would like.

- Gene Green

Some, Like, Bill, Cap

People just don't know what civilian prisoners of war are.

- Gene Green

War, Know, Prisoners, Civilian

I prefer that we sit down and craft a bill that addresses the many challenges we face, not only domestically, but as a world leader.

- Gene Green

Leader, Challenges, Prefer, World Leader

I support the free enterprise system, and I want companies to make money, but they shouldn't be reaping profits from the deaths of their employees or former employees.

- Gene Green

Want, Enterprise, Profits, Reaping

Frankly, whatever assistance people get from FEMA will not have a lot of extras built into it, so they will need every dollar.

- Gene Green

Will, Need, Built, FEMA

I've worked with Fred Upton, and I think we've got a lot of common agreement on energy production.

- Gene Green

Think, Energy Production, Fred

E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States and can pose serious environmental and health problems here and around the world when not handled properly.

- Gene Green

Here, Waste, United States, Problems

Floor time is valuable. Our leadership isn't going to bring something up that's going to take up floor time and not be successful.

- Gene Green

Leadership, Going, Take, Floor

Allowing for endless legal challenges or partisan political discussions is not the proper way to handle an issue that affects the entire scope of the environment and the economy.

- Gene Green

Challenges, Political, Issue, Scope

Our federal resources, our U.S. marshals, and the federal court system are being used, I think, by the private sector.

- Gene Green

Think, Private, I Think, Federal

The result may not be perfect. But our forefathers wanted us to compromise to get things done for America.

- Gene Green

Perfect, Result, May, Compromise

I think we've been the selection just because I think I've earned it by doing a lot of things for the district.

- Gene Green

Doing, Think, Been, District

I'm always running back and forth to the district.

- Gene Green

Back, Running, Always, District

It is simply a moral obligation to make sure our nation's heroes have a home to return to at night.

- Gene Green

Moral Obligation, Sure, Return

What auto and steel is to Ohio River Valley, refineries are to the oil regions. You wouldn't tell Silicon Valley you're going to put a moratorium on high-tech.

- Gene Green

Steel, Auto, Regions, Silicon

I get better coverage on my Spanish stations than I do on my English stations.

- Gene Green

Better, Coverage, Spanish, Stations

I really think we need to see how we can expand our privacy laws.

- Gene Green

Think, See, How, Expand

People have the right to know the drugs they are taking will make them better instead of harming them.

- Gene Green

Better, Know, Will, Harming

Some of my toughest races are people I've known, because it gets more personal than it should be.

- Gene Green

Personal, More, Some, Toughest

I do have a lot of alumni in Washington.

- Gene Green

Alumni, Lot, Washington

The knee-jerk approach of those who want to control firearms may not be the solution.

- Gene Green

Solution, Want, May, Firearms

Ultimately, refiners, like all of us, are going to have to clean up their emissions.

- Gene Green

Like, Going, Clean Up, Ultimately

As a policy-maker in our country, I would much rather we have that investment in our refineries.

- Gene Green

Country, Rather, Would, Investment

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