Quotes by Gene Green

“I voted for the bill before I voted against the bill. I didnt want to be the Lone Ranger.”

“Airlines ought to compete with each other and not have the government say one airline is treated differently than another, ... That is the problem I have with this bill. It looks like it would help Northwest but doesnt help a carrier like Continental.”

“If they are going to compete, ... then they need to compete on the whole playing field.”

“On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,”

“I think we can always do more to get ourselves together, especially at a time of crisis, ... We can work together without having to adopt the same philosophical positions.”

“[The job of lawmakers at a time like this is to] make the bureaucracy work for the people we represent, ... I am not a doctor or a trained [emergency services] person. But my job is to make sure those resources are there.”

“This will literally open our end of the county, and as you know, were already growing but this will mean a real boost.”

“U.S. 90 is a major east and western thoroughfare freeway for the East Harris County region, but its true regional mobility potential cannot be reached unless the freeway links up directly with the interstate system through I-10.”

“[So far, the relief effort could be described as] somewhat organized chaos, ... Nobody wrote a book about how to do this, and I guess we are going to write it right now.”

“the government is responding.”

“It is so important for our side of the county,”

You have to have patience to be a legislator.

Floor time is valuable. Our leadership isnt going to bring something up thats going to take up floor time and not be successful.

I work closely with Hispanic leadership.

E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States and can pose serious environmental and health problems here and around the world when not handled properly.

Theres a value in used electronic equipment, and currently, there are small, domestic recyclers that process this equipment safely. But they have a hard time competing with facilities overseas that have few, if any, environmental and safety standards.

Allowing for endless legal challenges or partisan political discussions is not the proper way to handle an issue that affects the entire scope of the environment and the economy.