For the Major League Baseball player, see Gene Green (baseball).

Gene Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 29th district
In office 1993–present
Preceded by	None (District Created After 1990 Census)
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	October 17 1947 (1947--) (age 60) Houston, Texas
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Helen Green
Religion	United Methodist

Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green (born October 17, 1947) is a Democratic politician and a U.S. congressman from the state of Texas, representing that state's 29th congressional district. (map). The district includes most of eastern Houston, along with large portions of Houston's eastern suburbs.

Green was born in Houston and he graduated from the University of Houston with degrees in business administration and law. He held positions as a business manager and a private attorney prior to his election to Congress.

Green was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972. Green rose to the Texas State Senate in 1985 and to the U.S. House in 1992. Although the district was drawn as a majority-Latino district, Green has never faced substantive opposition in the Democratic primary, which is the real contest in this heavily Democratic district. He has a moderate-to-liberal voting record in the House.

In 2007, he became vice-chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. He also serves as a deputy whip.

Gene Green, former Houston mayor Lee P. Brown, and others

A highly controversial mid-decade redistricting engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who also represented a Houston-based district, left Green as the only white Democrat representing a significant portion of Houston after the 2004 elections. This changed at the start of the 110th Congress, when Nick Lampson took office, representing DeLay's former district.

In September 2004, he proposed the Every Vote Counts Amendment, which would have abolished the U.S. electoral college in United States presidential elections.

He voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution in 2002, and gave a speech on the house floor linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 bombings.

External links

• U.S. Congressman Gene Green official House site
• Gene Green at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Raymond E. 'Gene' Green campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Gene Green issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Gene Green campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Gene Green profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Gene Green voting record

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