Honorable Gene Green
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Green, of the Twenty-Ninth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1972 to 1984 and in the Texas Senate from 1985 to 1992. He served on the Ethics Committee and in the 109th Congress was a Senior Deputy Whip and a Regional Whip. The following is from the June 8, 2006, House floor debate on Representative Markey’s amendment to H.R. 5252, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006.The Internet is made of numerous interconnected privately owned networks, and it became…
