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Washington, D.C.- Congressman Gene Green (TX-29), will attend and give opening remarks during the Congressional Tri Caucus Town Hall meeting, “Disaster Relief in Public Policy: Are we Being Served? – Understanding the Need for Minority Leadership in the Aftermath of Katrina,” in Houston at Texas Southern University on Saturday, February 11. The meeting will assess the current status and results of post-hurricane disaster relief in the Gulf Coast region.
Caucus chairs, Melvin L. Watt, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Grace Napolitano, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC); and Mike Honda, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), will lead the panel discussion. The Congressional Tri Caucus was formed by the union of the CHC, CBC and the CAPAC, which was created to identify shared policy and political goals across multi-racial lines.
WHO: Congressman Gene Green, CBC Chair Melvin L. Watt, CHC Chair Grace Napolitano CHC Chair; and CAPAC Chair Mike Honda CAPAC Chair. WHAT: Houston Town Hall Meeting WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law Moot Court Room
*Press Conference with Member of Congress will be held prior to the Town Hall meeting at 2:00pm at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
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