Obama Failure on Campaign Pledge Infuriates Nation Read more »

By Congressman John CarterOne cannot drink oneself into sobriety. Yet that is precisely what Congressional Democrats and the Obama Administration have attempted with our economy for the past year with predictable and painful results.Unemployment continues to stand at an official 10% for the third month in a row, the worst joblessness in 27 years. The real unemployment rate is far worse.… Read more »

House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) should by the year’s end publicly release his federal tax returns for all years under investigation by the House Committee on Standards and pay IRS penalties and interest on past violations, or step down as Chairman until his ethics investigation is ended, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter.President… Read more »

Members of the military would no longer fear being accused of "profiling" for reporting dangerous jihadist or other extremist actions and comments if a new bill by U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX) becomes law.Carter represents Fort Hood, Texas, and has introduced the Military Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act to protect against future incidents like the Nov. 5… Read more »

Speaker again violates House Rules to force bill with over 5,000 earmarks Read more »

Democrats are again trying to hide behind the American soldier, this time to further push the nation into debt.Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today joined other Republican members of the Appropriations Committee in a pledge to vote against the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations if it includes legislative issues such as increasing the debt limit. Update: Speaker Pelosi said she would include… Read more »

"I support the President’s surge proposal. I would prefer it to be with more troops, and that we were not announcing an arbitrary withdrawal date. However, I will back the President’s decision as Commander-in-Chief, and will vote whatever funds are needed by our troops. And I believe we should fund this surge with unused monies from the stimulus, not from any new taxes or… Read more »

Carter Bill would eliminate IRS penalties for foreign depositors Read more »

OPINION: November 23, 2009; 612 wordsThanksgiving Texas StyleBy Congressman John Carter Thanksgiving, like the Fourth of July, is a uniquely American holiday, one in which we put aside for a day our political differences and give thanks for the blessings we have received for our families and nation. But that shouldn’t stop us from taking a look at the history of Thanksgiving as it… Read more »

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other foreign terrorists should be tried by military commissions, not civilian criminal courts, according to new legislation introduced by Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) and supported by John Carter (R-TX31).“The acts perpetrated by these prisoners were acts of war by foreign nationals,” says Carter, like Gohmert, a former Texas state judge.… Read more »