Honorable Al Green
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Green, of the Ninth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. He served as Justice of the Peace from 1977 to 2004. He serves on the Financial Services Committee and the Homeland Security Committee. The following is from the July 31, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3269, the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act. Although they are not my words, we have heard that it takes an act of Congress to get many things done. I would only add to this what I have heard it also takes a…