Josh Green

From dKosopedia

Josh Green (born Feb. 11, 1970), a member of the Democratic Party, represents the 3rd Senatorial District in the Hawaii State Senate of the Hawaii State Legislature. The 3rd District includes the North and South Kohala, North and South Kona areas of the island of Hawaii, in the state of Hawaii. In the 2004 elections, Green was elected to the Hawaii State House of Representatives. In 2008, he was elected to the Hawaii State Senate.

Green received his medical degree in 1997 from Penn State University. Green also attended Swarthmore College. Before winning elective office, Green was Medical Director and Physician at the Kona Salvation Army Clinic, practicing family medicine.

Contents 1 Stances on Issues 2 Member of the following Senate committees: 3 Contact: 4 External Links

Stances on Issues

According Project Vote Smart, Green received a grade of F from the National Rifle Association.

Green is known for his highly anti-smoking stance yet accepted the fact that bars had lost substantial income from the 2006 smoking ban and introduced house bill 2900 in 2008 which would have allowed for tax credits due to economic hardship. The bill was unsuccessful.

Green received a score of 3 on a 1-5 scale by Small Business Hawaii.

Senator Green is highly supportive of pro-gay legislation.

The Sierra Club of Hawaii give Green a 73 rating on a scale of 0-100.

Member of the following Senate committees:

• HTH - Health (Vice-Chair)
• CPN - Commerce and Consumer Protection
• ENE - Energy and Environment
• HMS - Human Services

Contact:

     Hawaii State Capitol, Room 327
     415 South Beretania Street
     Honolulu, HI 96813

     phone: 808-586-9605
     fax: 808-586-9608
     From the Big Island, toll free: 974-4000 + 69605
     E-mail: repgreen@Capitol.hawaii.gov

External Links

• Joshua Green (Hawaii State Legislature)
• About Josh Green (joshgreen.org)
• Senator Joshua B. 'Josh' Green (HI)(Project Vote Smart)
• State mental health director agrees to stay -- State and legislative officials will support Hester's requests Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 6-30-05.
• Coffee plant dispute turns bitter on Big Island Hawaii Business News, 8-29-05.
• Agriculture, schools top priorities West Hawai'i Today, 1-17-06.
• DePledge, Derrick. Big Island senator gets early challenger Honolulu Advertiser, May 7, 2007.

This biographical article is a stub. You can help dKosopedia by expanding it. Please adhere to our Policies. Before editing any pages, you must first register and log in.

Back to Hawaii.