Today, Congressman John Carter (TX-31) supported, and the House passed, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act. This bill completely overhauls our country's career and technical education (CTE) system to provide even more Americans with opportunities to pursue successful careers without a traditional four-year college degree. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) has introduced H.R. 6447, the Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act, to increase transparency between the agency, Congress and the public. This legislation creates a Chief Data Officer in each of DHS' twenty-two components to collate all statistics, analytics and policies to ensure a more timely response to requests from Congress and the public. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the U.S. Army officially announced that the new Futures Command center would be located in Austin, Texas. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after President Trump announced Brett Kavanagh as the nominee for the vacancy left by Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the House passed the FY19 Defense Appropriations bill, which included Carter's language to help set a standard to prosecute juvenile-on-juvenile sexual assault cases that occur on military installations. Read more »

Today, the House passed Congressman John Carter's (TX-31) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) appropriations bill 235-179. Read more »

Today, President Donald Trump signed Congressman John Carter's (TX-31) legislation, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act into law, as part of the VA Mission Act. The Veterans Transplant Coverage Act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide organ transplants to veterans from a live donor, regardless of whether or not that donor is a veteran. Read more »

Today, Congressman John R. Carter (TX-31), Central Texas Veterans Health Care System Director Christopher Sandles, and the Nelson family, held a press conference to announce the signing of the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act, as a part of the VA MISSION Act. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after he was named the new chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Appropriations. Read more »