(ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) – Casualties of the Fort Hood shooting and their famlies should be able to receive charitable donations; the impact of political correctness on the failure to prevent the deadly attack must be recognized and remediated in future Department of Defense policies; and those wounded and killed should be awarded benefits as combat casualties, according to House… Read more »

April 15 is a day that already strikes dread into the hearts of most Americans who pay taxes. But following 16 months of one-party control of the House, Senate, and White House, taxpayers are now facing a federal tax tsunami as the full $670 billion in Obama Administration tax increases come into effect. The House Ways and Means Committee today released the list of $670.341 billion in… Read more »

(MARLIN, TEXAS) – Falls County residents will have an opportunity to meet with staff from the office of Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) locally in Marlin as part of Congressman Carter’s latest scheduled Congressional Outreach session.    The program allows citizens to meet with staff from Carter’s office on federal issues without having to travel out of their… Read more »

(COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS) – Coryell County residents will be able to meet with a representative from the office of Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) next week as part of Congressman Carter’s latest scheduled Congressional Outreach session in Copperas Cove. The program allows citizens to meet with staff from Carter’s office on federal issues without having to travel out of… Read more »

(ROUND ROCK, TX) – The Obama-Pelosi healthcare scheme fully funds abortion coverage nationwide at federal expense and must be repealed, says House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter. “As much as the left is trying to obscure the truth on this issue of federal funding of abortion, it cannot be denied,” says Carter. “Pro-life Members of Congress… Read more »

In what will likely be recorded as the greatest political hypocrisy in American history, President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have exempted the entire Administration along with House and Senate leadership and committee staff members from participation in their new federal healthcare gulags, while forcing rank-and-file House and Senate… Read more »

For Immediate Release: March 23, 2010 Government Healthcare Takeover Scheme Moves to Court Challenge PhaseHouse Republican Conference Secretary John R. Carter (TX-31) today encouraged efforts by the nation’s state attorneys general to overturn the healthcare scheme signed into law this morning by President Obama."The President has signed a bill into law that is brazenly… Read more »

This Fight Is Not OverDemocrats may have succeeded in passing what is likely the most unpopular and unconstitutional bill ever approved by Congress through illegal procedures and deception, but the fight to kill the proposal is far from over, says House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX-31).House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tonight rammed through the House the healthcare takeover… Read more »

Carter Pushes Supreme Court Challenge to Democrat Healthcare TakeoverThe Democrats’ attempted takeover of American healthcare is unconstitutional and should be overturned through litigation by the states in the U.S. Supreme Court, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John R. Carter (TX31).Carter today urged Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to join with attorneys… Read more »

House Republicans turn back sneak attempt to force TRICARE into healthcare takeoverHouse Republicans have turned back a last-second power grab by Democrats to fold the nation’s TRICARE health insurance for military families into their proposed takeover of the nation’s healthcare, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter.House Republicans forced an… Read more »