American - Politician | October 17, 1947 -
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We should not continue to play politics with women's health.
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Instead of saying we need to outlaw certain types of weapons, we need to find better ways to enforce current law.
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The knee-jerk approach of those who want to control firearms may not be the solution.
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Some of my toughest races are people I've known, because it gets more personal than it should be.
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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.
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I think we've been the selection just because I think I've earned it by doing a lot of things for the district.
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Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.
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I work closely with Hispanic leadership.
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