I will continue to work alongside my colleagues in Congress as well as activists and communities across the nation to ensure that the right to vote is protected and that our electoral systems reflect the will of the people, not the interests of a few.
Continue working with colleagues, activists, and communities to protect the right to vote and ensure electoral systems reflect the will of the people.
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Evidence
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Green said the Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana’s congressional maps was a setback for voting rights and representative democracy, and added that he would continue working with colleagues, activists, and communities to protect the right to vote and ensure electoral systems reflect the will of the people.
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On May 12, Green delivered House floor remarks during a CBC Special Order saying the fight to protect voting rights must also include protecting committee seniority.
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Green said he spoke during a Homeland Security Committee shadow hearing titled “Defending Democracy: Protecting Elections from Executive Overreach.”
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The congressman’s official home page listed a June 9 press release saying he delivered House-floor remarks in support of a bipartisan bill.
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The official site also listed a June 4 item saying Green, as ranking member of a Financial Services subcommittee, gave remarks in an oversight hearing.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9437, the Right to Vote Act, introduced June 24, 2026, with Al Green of Texas among the cosponsors. The bill's full title is protecting the right to vote in elections for federal office.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, introduced March 5, 2025, with Al Green of Texas included among the cosponsors. The bill would amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Assessments
Green’s promise was framed as an ongoing commitment to keep working with colleagues, activists, and communities on voting rights and electoral systems, not as a promise to enact a specific bill. In the same federal House term, he cosponsored voting-rights legislation including H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, and H.R. 9437, the Right to Vote Act, and made public House-related statements and remarks on voting rights and election protection. That is sufficient to count the ongoing work commitment as fulfilled, even though the evidence does not show final enactment of broader voting-rights reforms.
This promise is framed as an ongoing effort rather than a discrete policy outcome. The evidence shows Green remained actively engaged during the same House term on voting-rights and democracy issues through public statements, House-floor remarks, and participation in an elections-related hearing. That is sufficient to credit the promise as delivered because the commitment was to continue working with others on the issue, not to enact a specific reform by a fixed deadline.
The promise was framed as an ongoing federal advocacy commitment rather than a discrete enacted policy. During the same House term, Green publicly continued voting-rights and election-protection work through official statements, House floor remarks, and participation in a democracy/elections hearing. The record shows continued engagement with colleagues and communities on protecting voting rights, which satisfies the process-oriented promise, though it does not show a completed statutory voting-rights outcome.