What Al Green said, and what was done

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And I rise today as I always did, censured but not silenced, a very proud, unbossed, unbought, liberated, and unelected Democrat. And I rise today to bring two things to the attention of the House and to the people of the United States of America.”

“People want to know: What are you going to do now? I have said, and I continue to say, that we are in a countdown to impeachment. My desire will be to do this: When next we are in session, for all to know, Articles of Impeachment will be filed.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and today, in the name of we the people. I rise censored, Mr. Speaker, but not silenced. I rise as a unbought, unbossed, liberated Democrat--some would also add unelected liberated Democrat.”

“The Houston Police Department investigates. It doesn't prosecute, but it has one of the finest homicide departments in the country. It investigates homicides. The Houston Police Department has investigated police shootings in the past.”

“Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to including funding for Israel's military in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Program Appropriations Act. I respectfully request that funding for Israel's military be considered through a standalone bill, allowing Members to vote separately on question.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank those who had the foresight to declare that all persons are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among them: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And still I rise, unbought, unbossed, unelected, liberated Democrat. And I rise today, Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding the fact that I have been censured by this House, censured but not silenced.”

“ROAD to Housing Act, full support of it. Many others are, but I rise today to announce that this is now the Trump housing crisis. It is the Trump housing crisis, and I should like to present evidence to substantiate my claim.”

“States to allow these homebuilders to have the opportunity to do what they do best, and that is construct homes for persons to purchase and some, of course, for rental purposes, but it would allow the construction process to move forward expeditiously.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. Waters and Mr. Hill for honoring their commitment to make sure that H.R. 8291, the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, was a part of this legislation.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise with much to say, but before going into my message, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey), a colleague who has done an exceptional job representing the 33rd District in the State of Texas.”

“Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciate the way Mr. Veasey has conducted this time, and I wish him the very best. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And I rise, Mr.”

“The article goes on to say: `` `What distinguishes a dog whistle from just an insult is it is designed to sound innocuous . . .' '' the dog whistle is designed to sound as though, oh, it is harmless, just another thing someone is saying to be funny or cute.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my very dear friend from Virginia for allowing me the time. I shall return some of it to the gentleman. First, an acknowledgment: I am a dues check-off member of AFSCME.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a very proud, unbought, unbossed, liberated Democrat, a Democrat who has been censured in this very House, censured but not silenced. I am proud to say, Mr.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a proud, unbought, unbossed, liberated Democrat. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, with a heavy heart. I rise as an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community.”

“Therein is the operative phrase for the cryptocrats: He said as long as he is in Congress. Well, if we just get him out of Congress, we don't have him to contend with.”

“And still I rise, Mr. Speaker. I must applaud the gentlewoman from California and associate myself with her remarks. As I do so, I will remind us that, yes, the Voting Rights Act was signed by Lyndon Johnson.”

“And still I rise, Mr. Speaker, in defense of the American people who are suffering as a result of more than a trillion dollars in healthcare cuts. I rise to defend them because my colleagues across the aisle would reduce them to freeloaders, would reduce them to persons who don't deserve to be in the country and receive medical care.”

“Mr. Speaker, once again I rise. Once again I rise to address we the people. Once again I rise to address we the people. Those who believe in a government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

“And still I rise, Mr. Speaker. And I rise tonight to thank the Honorable Jim Clyburn for that fantastic recitation that he accorded us. It was a walk down memory lane.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, Mr. Speaker, and I rise tonight in the name of the TSA worker that made an appeal. I rise in the name of justice for the TSA workers.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, with a very special topic. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, because I am a liberated, unbought, unbossed Democrat.”

“There are additional reasons we ought to be careful. It is because China does not ban centrality. Now, here I am mentioning China. China doesn't have our best interests, China has China's best interests at heart.”

“Mr. Speaker, in closing, I have been censured but not silenced. In closing, I still say the solution is impeachment. We are still in a countdown to impeachment.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And still I rise. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, a liberated, unbought, unbossed, unafraid Democrat. I rise, Mr. Speaker, after having been censured but not silenced.”

“`window dressing for a crime engineered by''' other persons. But the point is this: It was engineered by other persons, but the Trump family made large sums of money as a result.”

“Senate that didn't pass, and we do it now. Yet, when it comes to impeachment, the persons who don't want to see it will say that we shouldn't use that same paradigm.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to indicate that I attended the classified briefing yesterday. General Caine was there. The Secretary of State was there.”

“Russell Senate Office Building. They are CNN. They are MSNBC. Yes, they are two of the major components of this group of folks who don't respect us enough to move themselves from the Richard Russell Office Building.”

“Most people assume that if you are going to tax something coming into the country, into the hands of a person who is in this country and you put a tax on it--they call it a tariff, but when you put this tariff tax on it, that this person is either going to pay it himself to get the product into the country or the person that is sending it in is going to have to lower the cost or the person bringing it in can pay the cost and then pass it on to the consumer.”

“Madam Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today to state the state of the Union. Madam Speaker, the state of the Union is fragile. It is fragile because we have a President who does not respect democracy.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a proud, liberated, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid Democrat. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because this is Black History Month, and I have been accorded the honor of presenting annually the original Black history resolution.”

“Still I rise, Mr. Speaker, in mourning for the lives that have been lost at the hands and the color of law. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Pretti and Ms.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today on this, the birth date of Dr. Martin Luther King, a man so great in the eyes of this country that we honor his birthday as a holiday, but it is more than a holiday.”

“When the last Articles of Impeachment were filed, it was H. Res. 939. With these Articles of Impeachment, there was a vote. I believe that we ought to take a stand.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and still I rise, a liberated, unbought, unbossed, unafraid Democrat. And still I rise, and I rise today because I have grave and great concern for the American people.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I believe in the Pledge of Allegiance. I am known to wear this tie that has what I consider to be a meaning that expresses much of what the pledge is all about.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise to announce that last night I called for the impeachment of Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, for threatening judges and for calling for the execution of Members of Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to indicate my reasons that I will not be voting to fund Israel's military, most of which are contained in the letter that was delivered to Speaker Mike Johnson's office on December 10, 2025.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise to note that tonight I have called for the impeachment of Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America. He is an abuser of Presidential power.”

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: H.”

“Dangerously and unconstitutionally, he reposted a third party's post: ``HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD!!'' President Trump's call for the execution of lawmakers is a reckless and flagrant abuse of presidential power that promotes extra-judicial punishment and the assassination of Members of Congress, and warrants impeachment by the U.S.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a very proud, liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to address a question that many are posing and a question that I thought I should answer publicly so that all would understand.”

“And still I rise, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today proud to be a liberated Democrat, proud of what my country stands for in many of its great documents, and proud of the notion that we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

“United States of America for reasons that will be stated in the Articles of Impeachment. I am not saying to anybody that exactly what I have said today will be the Articles of Impeachment.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Hill; the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Davidson); and the ranking member for allowing me to carry and present the Systemic Risk Authority Transparency Act.”

“And still I rise, censured but not silenced. It is important to have this photo tonight because it will get us into some very important issues. This was the occasion when I stood before the President as he stood behind me giving a statement at a joint session of Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise to call to my colleagues' attention that they are no longer claiming that this is a clean CR. The truth is that it is a dirty, filthy, and stealthy CR that has been contaminated with millions of dollars for people who have not earned it.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and I rise now to proudly yield to a person with great honor and integrity. She is a Member of this Congress who has been on the right side of righteousness.”

“I bid the gentlewoman a good day, and we will proceed now, Mr. Speaker, again. And still I rise. And I rise today, Mr. Speaker, with the notion in mind that what I have stood for I still stand for.”

“Mr. Speaker, still I rise. I rise, Mr. Speaker, as a liberated Democrat. I rise, Mr. Speaker, unbought, unbossed, unafraid. I rise, Mr. Speaker, as the only Member of the House of Representatives to be removed from a joint session of Congress and, thereafter, to be censured.”

“Your creation. I ask You to give me the strength as I speak today to talk about the circumstances that have created concerns that have to be addressed.”

“To those people who want to blame the leftwing for things, if a leftwing person has done something, I am not opposed to that person being blamed. I will blame that person.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and I rise, Mr. Speaker, to call to the attention of this august body some important information. I rise, Mr. Speaker, as the only Member of Congress ever to be evicted during a joint session of Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, the first is a letter from the Department of Justice. This letter from the Department of Justice is addressed to the Governor of the State of Texas, Governor Gregory Abbott.”

“Committee on Redistricting, testified under oath that she drew Texas districts blind to race.'' I am a part of this trial that is referenced here. I have been litigating against the State of Texas most of the time that I have been in Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, unafraid; censured, but not silenced. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to address the topic of racism infused in Texas politics.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise today to speak truth to power, as well as speak truth about power. I rise to speak truth about what is happening to the Palestinians in Gaza.”

“Mr. Speaker, tonight, I voted against sending more military aid to Israel. I voted against it because I saw it as I currently see it, as a vote against collective punishment, a vote against ethnic cleansing, and a vote against genocide appearing before my very eyes.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise now, as I did during the Joint Address to Congress when I told the President and the Nation that there is no mandate to cut Medicaid.”

“Mr. Speaker, if I may, I want to let people know this not just for the Honorable Chip Roy, but I have relationships with people across all lines in this Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I say ``and still I rise'' because I have been censured, but I would like to assure people that I have not been silenced; censured but not silenced.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a very special message--an admonition, a prewarning--for the most powerful man in the universe, I am told, the President of the United States of America.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and I rise today because I believe my country to be at the crossroads of democracy and autocracy. The moment of decision is near.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. I rise today because our country is nearing a moment of decision.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a proud, liberated, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid Democrat. I am proud, Mr. Speaker, to say that I rise today to recognize those whom I call the impeachment warriors.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of these organizations and what they have done. They have made a difference. These organizations have been on the front line to prevent an authoritarian President from devolving our country into a total state of authoritarianism.”

“Madam Speaker, and still I rise, Madam Speaker, proud to be an unbought, unbossed, liberated Democrat. I am proud also to have friends, and tonight I will thank a couple of my friends who have helped me with an endeavor that I believe is necessary and that is going to generate a movement that will make a difference in the lives of the people of this country.”

“Typically, there has been no constitutional crisis associated with Articles of Impeachment, although a constitutional crisis can exist without any crime having been committed. An authoritarian does not have to commit a codified statutory offense to be impeached.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. Mr. Speaker, I rise, driven by conscience, to embrace the moral imperative to speak truth not only to power but to also speak truth about power.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, unafraid, and most feared by President Donald John Trump. I am most feared because the President recently tweeted that he would have me removed from Congress because I have indicated that I would bring Articles of Impeachment.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Still I rise with my cane in hand. So feared, this cane, by many of my colleagues across the aisle. It is feared to the extent that they would conclude that it might be more than a cane.”

“Don't become a rubber stamp for this President. He doesn't deserve that level of loyalty. Finally, on this topic, at some point, each of you in that room will have to account for what you have done.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, proud to have this opportunity to speak in this almost sacred place, proud to have the opportunity to address a topic of paramount importance to the American people, and proud to acknowledge a colleague who has taken a very bold stand.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise at this moment in time to preview my Articles of Impeachment. This is to preview. This is not to present but to preview my Articles of Impeachment.”

“You can be brought before the Congress if you have committed 34 felonies. If you have committed 34 felonies, you can be brought before the Congress for impeachment if you happen to hold one of the offices presented to us by way of the Constitution of the United States of America such that you might be impeached.”

“Mr. Speaker, to the Articles of Impeachment, these articles have two places, maybe three, wherein the President has confessed. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining.”

“Mr. Speaker, one place where the President has expressed concerns that ought to cause all Americans to want to see some change, to see him have to be dealt with for what he said and what he is doing.”

“C-SPAN doesn't have due process right here, but that is what happened. It goes on to say: The Trump administration alleged that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your kindness. He is defying the Federal courts. Once you do this, you become a de facto dictator--you reduce the country to a de facto dictatorship--and for this you must be impeached.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and I rise today to initially extend greetings to all, especially those who are traveling over this season of resurrection. In my church--I am a Christian--we commemorate and celebrate Easter.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to explain why new moms cannot proxy vote. The issue is very simple, and the answer is even simpler to understand. It is because men don't have children.”

“Mr. Speaker, proudly I stand here today proudly to say: And still I rise. And still I rise, a proud, liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, and still unafraid. And still I rise, Mr.”

“I believe that if any other person beneath the Secretary of State had allowed such information, the same information, to be exposed to the public, then I don't think the Secretary of State would have come to the same conclusion.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, to oppose a Continuing Resolution that will allow a chainsaw to, among other things: minimize Medicaid with underfunded block grants to states, marginalize Medicare's ``Dual Eligibles'' long-term Medicaid care, and privatize Social Security by allowing private investment of Social Security funds in the stock market with no protections from market downturns.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And still I rise, a proud, liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to call to the attention of the House, this place that I revere and, notwithstanding recent events, that I have great respect for.”

“Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day. That was an act of incivility. Why, Al Green, would you come to the well before your colleagues and the world and commit an act of incivility?”

“I beg you, Mr. President, that you would not dishonor the judiciary in this country. Here is what I know: I know that you have the ability to say to a judge: You have issued your court order, now let me see you enforce it.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Mr. Speaker, I rise to explain why I did what I did, and I did it with intentionality. The President indicated that he had a mandate.”

“I said to the President: ``You do not have a mandate to cut Medicaid.'' I have constituents who need Medicaid. They will suffer, and some will die if they don't get Medicaid.”

“There is not a gentler soul in this Chamber, and he was offended by some of the things the President was saying yesterday. I am all for decorum, but where is the decorum in throwing poor people off of healthcare?”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to first announce two pieces of legislation. Thereafter, I will go into my message, which will be the impact of President Trump's engagement in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a proud, liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. I rise, Mr. Speaker, today, in the name of liberty and justice for all, in the name of government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, a proud, liberated Democrat, unbossed, unbought, and unafraid. I rise as one who is not a sunshine freedom fighter, as one who can stand before the crowds.”

“Mr. President, for your edification, and Mr. Prime Minister, for your education and edification, you should have talked to the Palestinians. You talked to people other than the Palestinians about what would happen to the Palestinians.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, with a to-whom-it-may-concern message. To whom it may concern: Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, especially when it emanates from the President of the United States, the most powerful person in the world, when he has the ability to perfect what he says.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 28, the misnomered ``Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.'' Regrettably, without strong language banning demeaning, unclad body searches, this legislation will not prevent perverted personalities from developing reprehensible ``show me your private'' rules.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today with a very heavy heart, Mr. Speaker, because while we hear the words ``in the line of duty,'' we have a wife and three children who will understand the true meaning of ``in the line of duty.'' They have lost a husband.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And I rise today in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people; not government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs; or for the plutocrats; and I surely do not rise in the name of government by the mob and for the mob.”

“Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. I rise today as a proud American and a staunch believer in the noble ideals this country was founded upon. This country, which was built on the idea of equality and justice, today is a leader on the world stage that can boast of its commitment and success in spreading these values.”