Gene Green
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"Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green" is the United States House of Representatives/U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. The district includes most of eastern Houston, along with large portions of Houston's eastern suburbs.

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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, we're already growing but this will mean a real boost.

The government is responding.

[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.

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

It is so important for our side of the county.

On issues like this, we are trying to pull together.

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.