I will continue to do everything I can to ensure that the LGBTQ+ community and their rights are protected.
Continue doing everything possible to ensure LGBTQ+ rights are protected.
Occurrences
Evidence
On May 21, 2026, Congressman Al Green introduced a resolution condemning hateful comments and stating that the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, and association for all people in the United States.
On May 12, 2026, Green delivered House floor remarks saying the fight to protect voting rights must also include protecting committee seniority.
Green introduced a resolution condemning hateful comments and reaffirming First Amendment protections for speech, religion, and association. It is a concrete same-term rights-protective action, but it is symbolic rather than enacted LGBTQ-protective law.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 15, the Equality Act, still only in introduced status with latest action on April 29, 2025; Green appears among the cosponsors.
The Congressional Equality Caucus listed Green as one of its 191 members for the 119th Congress, indicating continued alignment with an LGBTQ-rights advocacy caucus.
Assessments
As a federal representative, Green has taken same-term actions consistent with the promise, including cosponsoring the Equality Act, joining the Congressional Equality Caucus, and introducing a resolution condemning hateful comments and affirming protections for association and expression. Those are material efforts within his office context, but they are mainly advocacy or symbolic actions, and the major federal LGBTQ-rights legislation cited has not passed. Because the promise is broad and effort-based, these steps support partial credit for continued work, but they do not justify full delivery of protected LGBTQ+ rights at the federal level.
Green has continued to take federal actions aligned with protecting LGBTQ+ and civil rights, including cosponsoring the 119th Congress Equality Act and introducing or supporting rights-protective anti-hate messaging during the current term. However, the promised substantive outcome of ensuring LGBTQ+ rights are protected has not been fully delivered because the key federal protections have not been enacted in this term and the cited 2026 resolution is symbolic rather than binding law. This merits partial credit for meaningful same-term effort, not full delivery.