GENE GREEN

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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