Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) congratulates the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Contest and thanks all participants for their involvement. The winners were announced Saturday by Congressman Carter at the Round Rock Art Council's Art Space. Read more »

House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX31) called for all federal authorities to place first priorities in the Boston Marathon bombings on protecting the public from further attack, and providing comfort and treatment for the victims of the incident and their families. “We should immediately pause to place the victims and their families in… Read more »

DHS Enforcement Cuts Blasted in Subcommittee HearingCoast Guard personnel, detention space for criminal aliens, and border security rank below the Washington headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security according to the President’s FY2014 budget request, and that has Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX31) calling for rejection of the… Read more »

Obama Budget decimates DHS enforcements and operations The President’s past-due FY2014 Budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guts frontline border security, defies statutory requirements to protect Americans from criminal aliens,  and uses budgetary gimmicks to claim false savings, according to House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman… Read more »

Government Shutdown Prevented, House Passes Full-Year Continuing ResolutionChairman Carter and House also pass 10-year balanced budgetChairman John Carter (R-TX31) and fellow U.S. House of Representatives members today approved H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, which provides funding to keep the government running until September 30, 2013- the end of the 2013… Read more »

Chairman Carter presses ICE and Director John Morton for answers Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee holds hearing on release of 2,228 criminal aliens The Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee led by Chairman John Carter heard testimony Thursday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during a congressional hearing concerning the release of detainees for… Read more »

Carter, Ruppersberger Named Co-Chairs of Bipartisan House Army CaucusCaucus includes more than 100 members from both political partiesCongressmen John Carter (R-TX) and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) will serve as co-chairs of the prestigious House Army Caucus for the 113th Congressional session, their offices announced today. The Caucus includes more than 100 members from both parties… Read more »

House Passes No Budget - No Pay ActMembers of Congress will be denied their paycheck if they continue to fail to pass a federal budget, under legislation passed today in the House with the backing of Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX31). “The House has done its job every year, while the Senate has refused to pass a budget four years… Read more »

Carter Calls for Employer Nominations for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award(ROUND ROCK, TX) -  Employers who support the National Guard and Reserves should be publicly honored through nominations from America’s military men and women for the Department of Defense Freedom Award, according to Congressman John Carter (R-TX31).“When employers go above… Read more »

Carter Sworn into 6th Term, Chairmanship of Homeland Security SubcommitteeCongressman John Carter was sworn into his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives today, with a new assignment for the 113th Congress as Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.“This is a tremendous honor for which I am in debt to the people of Central… Read more »