CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN'S STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT'S RULING EVISCERATING HOUSTON'S MINORITY BUSINESS PROGRAM

Washington, July 29 -- Congressman Al Green issued the following press release:

(Houston, TX)-Today, Congressman Al Green released the following statement regarding the recent federal court ruling eviscerating the City of Houston's Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise Program: Congressman Al Green stated, "I trust that the city will appeal the court's decision declaring the inclusion program to be unconstitutional. This was a hard-won victory that many of us fought for to enable capable, competent, and qualified minorities to benefit from tax dollars to the same extent that majorities have enjoyed since the founding of the city. This court decision should remind us that C.A. Tindley was right when he proclaimed (paraphrased by me...