Biography
Overview
Al Green is a Democrat serving Texas's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. He is a lawyer who previously served as a justice of the peace in Harris County, Texas from 1977 to 2004. Green focuses on financial services, fair housing, and fair hiring practices for minorities and low-income communities.
Career
Green has been re-elected 10 times since first entering Congress in 2005. He has championed fair housing and civil rights issues throughout his tenure. He has filed articles of impeachment against President Trump multiple times across two administrations, though none have succeeded. In 2025, he was censured for interrupting President Trump's address to Congress while protesting cuts to Medicaid. He has been active on financial regulation issues, questioning bank CEOs on diversity and historical connections to slavery.
Prior political experience
Green first won election to the U.S. House in 2004, defeating incumbent Rep. Chris Bell by 35 percentage points in the Democratic primary for Texas's 9th congressional district. He then won the 2004 general election. He has been re-elected 10 times since his initial election. In 2026, following Republican-led redistricting that made his former district more favorable to Republicans, Green ran in the 18th congressional district Democratic primary.
Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ideology
Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)
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Campaigns targeting Al Green
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Start a campaign targeting Al GreenOfficeholding history
| Term | Seat | Term dates | Termination | Predecessor | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2025–present | In progress | Al Green | — |
| 10th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2023–2025 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 9th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2021–2023 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 8th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2019–2021 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 7th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2017–2019 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 6th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2015–2017 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 5th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2013–2015 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 4th | U.S. House TX-9 | 2011–2013 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 3rd | U.S. House TX-9 | 2009–2011 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 2nd | U.S. House TX-9 | 2007–2009 | Term ended | Al Green | Al Green |
| 1st | U.S. House TX-9 | 2005–2007 | Term ended | — | Al Green |
Committee assignments
- Oversight and InvestigationsHouseRanking Member· 2025–present
- Oversight, Investigations, and AccountabilityHouse· 2025–present
- Border Security and EnforcementHouse· 2025–present
- Financial InstitutionsHouse· 2025–present
- House· 2025–present
- House· 2025–present
Current term legislation
Bills sponsored this term10
- H.R. 8411
Original Legislation to Give TSA Employees a Raise
Apr 21, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8318
Original Additional Credit FHA Pilot Program Authorization Act
Apr 16, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8292
Original Alternative Data for Additional Credit FHA Pilot Program Reauthorization Act
Apr 15, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8291
To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes.
Apr 15, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8071
Strengthening and Improving Mobilization Act of 2026
Mar 25, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7053
Preemption of Real Property Discrimination Act
Jan 14, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 5909
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish procedures for reporting of condemned Federally assisted rental housing and to authorize penalties related to such condemned housing, and for other purposes.
Nov 4, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 4925
Original Securities and Exchange Atonement Act of 2025
Aug 8, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 4885
The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
Aug 5, 2025IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 4228
Original Justice for living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre Act
Jun 27, 2025IN_COMMITTEE
Bills cosponsored this term10
- H.R. 8494
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.
Apr 23, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8373
Improving Access to Financial Coaching Act of 2026
Apr 20, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8275
Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office Act
Apr 14, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8076
PREDICT Act
Mar 25, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 8074
Kira Johnson Act
Mar 25, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7973
Momnibus Act
Mar 18, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7827
Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
Mar 5, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7829
Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026
Mar 5, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7802
DISCLOSE Act of 2026
Mar 4, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 7806
Direct File Act of 2026
Mar 4, 2026IN_COMMITTEE
Elections
| Year | Seat | Result | Vote share | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Pending | — | — |