House votes to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump speech

By Katharine Wilson March 6, 202510 AM CentralShare

The House of Representatives has voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, for disrupting President Donald Trump's speech. Green was removed from the chamber after standing and shouting at the president. Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via Imagn Images

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 224-198 to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday.

Ten Democrats, none from Texas, voted to censure Green. Green voted “present.” All Republicans, except four who did not vote, voted to censure Green.

Green interrupted the president near the beginning of his joint address, standing and declaring that Trump had no mandate to cut Medicaid funding.

The representative was then escorted out of the House chamber by the Sergeant at Arms.