Congressman John Carter (R, Round Rock) will host tonight's GOP Leadership Hour Special Order regarding substandard conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Congressman Carter, House Republican Conference Secretary, will begin the Special Order with his remarks, then yiel... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (R - Round Rock), House Republican Conference Secretary, today visited Fort Hood's Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center in Temple. Congressman Carter toured both facilities and met with patients in the wake of reports of substandard... Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R, Round Rock), House Republican Conference Secretary, today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plan to open a new vet center in Killeen in 2008. The vet center program provides readjustment counseling and outreach services to combat veterans. The Killeen fac... Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R, Round Rock), House Republican Conference Secretary, today released the following statement in response to the House Majority plan to shut down the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and relocate terrorists to military prisons in Quantico, VA., and Charleston, SC: ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (R - Round Rock), House Conference Secretary, today announced that Texas will receive over $10 million from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grants Program (EMPG). "I am thrilled that DHS has taken such an active rol... Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-Round Rock) today voted against the Employee Free Choice Act, H.R. 800. The legislation seeks to expose workers' private votes in union organizing elections and make them public through controversial "card checks." "It is senseless that the same leaders elected by secre... Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-Round Rock) today joined Congressional Members and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a tour of the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Facility, located in Congressman Carter's Congressional district. The facility provides an effective and humane alternative to... Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-Round Rock) today announced a concept approval from the U.S. Army for a land exchange between Fort Hood and the City of Copperas Cove. The requested swap will convey approximately 200 acres from Fort Hood to Copperas Cove in exchange for a parcel of land of equal value adj... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX), House Republican Conference Secretary, today voted against a House Democrat-sponsored resolution disapproving of President Bush's new plan for Iraq. H.Con.Res. 63 states that Congress disapproves of President Bush's decision announced on January 10, 2007 to de... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (R-Round Rock) today voted along with a majority of the House to pass H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007. The package is likely to be paired with the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2, which calls for an increase in the minimum wage. "This tax packag... Read more »