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

- Gene Green

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.

- Gene Green

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

- Gene Green

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

- Gene Green

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.

- Gene Green

I work closely with Hispanic leadership.

- Gene Green

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

- Gene Green

I represent a blue-collar district: people who work at petrochemical plants and machine shops.

- Gene Green

I really think we need to see how we can expand our privacy laws.

- Gene Green

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.

- Gene Green

I hear from broadcasters pretty often. Their ad revenue is down.

- Gene Green

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.

- Gene Green

I get better coverage on my Spanish stations than I do on my English stations.

- Gene Green

I do have a lot of alumni in Washington.

- Gene Green

Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.

- Gene Green

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

- Gene Green

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

Cap and trade is not an easy one for refiners, so we tried to get some moderation in the bill, and we did, but not near as much I would like.

- Gene Green

As the pace of technology increases, the amount of toxic electronic waste is piling up at home and abroad.

- Gene Green

As a policy-maker in our country, I would much rather we have that investment in our refineries.

- Gene Green