Congressman John Carter is working on the Department of Veterans Affairs backlog problem in Central Texas that has a debilitating effect on the system and is causing our veterans to go without. Read more »

Congressman Carter, Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, last week passed his first bill through the House by a vote of 245-182. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) was privileged Thursday to have breakfast with Dr. Joseph Westphal, the 30th Under Secretary of the Army and the Army's first Chief Management Officer. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) voted in favor of the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911), which would take the government out of the business of calculating student loans and prevent student interest rates from doubling on July 1stto 6.8 perc Read more »

Congressman John Carter, Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today introduced language to the Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Homeland Security Appropriation Bill preventing federal funding of abortions within the DHS budget. Read more »

The House Appropriations Committee Appropriations Bill for the fiscal year 2014 was approved today with a focus on ensuring fiscal discipline while supporting vital homeland security programs. Congressman John Carter is leading as Chairman of the Homeland Read more »

Repeal Obamacare! That is the message from Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) and at least 100 other Republicans from the House of Representatives as a bill to repeal Obamacare was introduced to Congress Thursday. H.R. 45, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Bachman Read more »

Congressman John Carter, (R-TX31) Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX25) are speaking out on the inexcusable allegations that a U.S. Army Sergeant First Class, stationed at Fort Hood, has been Read more »

May 8, 2013: for immediate releaseSecure Firearms Act to Reduce Gun Violence introduced by Carter, CuellarKeeping more firearms away from unauthorized users would prevent many cases of gun violence with no threat to the 2nd Amendment Rights of law-abiding citizens, and that could be rapidly achieved through bi-partisan legislation introduced today in the House by Homeland Security… Read more »

The controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchase orders for as many as 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over a 5-year period will be the subject of new accountability requirements in this year's DHS Appropriations bill, due to legislat Read more »