Representative John Carter (TX-31) hailed House passage of the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2007. This bill provides $34.8 billion for our most critical homeland security needs, including: border and immigration security; nuclear detection; port, cargo, and cont... Read more »

Representative John Carter (TX-31) voted in favor of a bill that will help protect our country from future terrorist attacks by making it easier to monitor terrorist communications. The Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it technology ... Read more »

Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, successfully secured funding for a number of projects in the House passed Fiscal Year 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations bill. These funds will help support our military and will benefit the 31st Congressional... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) supported House passage of the Military Commissions Act, which creates a new judicial system to prosecute terrorists captured in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism, while also protecting American troops and intelligence agents fighting terrorists. "I was ple... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) voted in favor of the conference report on H.R. 5631, the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2007. This bill provides critical funding for defense priorities, including troop protection, operation and maintenance, research and development, ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today supported House passage of the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA) that will allow Americans to defend the symbols and expressions of our nation's rich religious heritage. Specifically, HR 2679 would prevent groups from using the legal system to coerce... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today supported the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion in another state in order to avoid a state law requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion d... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today supported the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion in another state in order to avoid a state law requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion d... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today applauded House action on three bills that will help enhance border security, strengthen law enforcement, and protect our country. The bills that passed the House are the Community Protection Act, the Immigration Law Enforcement Act, and the Border Tunnel P... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today voted in favor of S. 418, the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act. Congressman Carter co-sponsored the House version of this legislation, which garnered strong support in the House in 2005. The legislation protects service members from abus... Read more »