Federal discretionary transportation funds would be evenly distributed among all 50 states, instead of given to just 5 large cities as happened in 2007, under an amendment introduced today in the House Appropriations Committee by Congressman John Carter of Texas. Carter, a key member of the Appropriations Committee, offered the amendment to offset an unintended consequence of House… Read more »
House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX-31) joined Conference Chairman Mike Pence (IN-06) today as a charter member of the new Tea Party Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.The move by Carter, one of six elected leaders of the Republican Party in the House, sends a strong message that key GOP leaders are working hand-in-hand with Tea Party activists to restore… Read more »
(ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) -- The loss of 125,000 jobs in the month of June and a sustained unemployment rate near 10% shows the total failure of massive deficit spending by Democrats as an attempt to pull the nation out the worst economic turndown since the Great Depression, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX31)."The June jobs report shows that the Obama… Read more »
In a shocking – and telling – omission, President Barack Obama yesterday delivered a major address to the nation on border security and immigration reform, without one word of acknowledgment of this week’s cross-border gunfire incident in which the El Paso, Texas City Hall was hit by AK-47 rounds fired from Juarez, Mexico."This President, and his party, made… Read more »
In a rare display of unanimous bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation to provide "Gold Star" parents expanded ability to be admitted to state veterans’ homes. Gold Star parents are those who have lost a child in military service. House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX31) voted for the measure introduced by fellow Texas… Read more »
Americans have been ignored for too long, and they’re ready to speak out about what the government is – but mostly isn’t – doing to help them out in a time of need.This Saturday, July 3, Congressman John Carter (TX-31) will host his second townhall event as part of the “America Speaking Out” initiative to gather ideas from the American people and… Read more »
Three months after passage of the Democrats' wildly unpopular government healthcare takeover, nearly everything the Obama Administration said about the bill has turned out to be false, while the dire warnings of opponents were apparent understatements. "Major U.S. employers like Caterpillar, John Deere, Verizon, and AT&T are considering dropping employee health plans; the Obama… Read more »
The families of America’s fallen military service members would no longer have survivor benefits taxed at Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) rates designed for the ultra wealthy, under a relief bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week by Congressman John Carter (R-TX31), Co-Chairman of the House Army Caucus.“Allowing the IRS to take up to 26 percent of the… Read more »
Blocking new oil exploration and punishing consumers with an energy tax will drive gas prices through the roof and cost hundreds of thousands more American jobs, according to Congressman John Carter (R-TX31).Carter today joined a bipartisan news conference of Gulf state Members of Congress who urged President Obama to lift the Administration’s moratorium on new offshore oil… Read more »
