President Obama’s plan to eliminate all private sector involvement in college loans would be blocked under legislation introduced today by House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter."We have had a good public-private college loan system in place since 1965 that has provided funding for over 60 million Americans to attend college," says Carter. "To answer… Read more »

Fort Hood is now home to the world’s largest chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), and local Congressman John Carter (R-TX) says it is no surprise, based on the phenomenal growth and community support of Fort Hood in recent years."Success builds on success, and there’s no better example of this than the outstanding relationship between Fort Hood and… Read more »

By Congressman John Carter Last Monday night Democrats voted to shut down the U.S. House Representatives rather than allow a handful of Republican Congressmen to speak on the floor. What could have been so offensive or frightening about our discourse that Speaker Pelosi felt she had to protect her party by gagging free speech in the House?In fact, we had planned to speak on the lack of… Read more »

(ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) – Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) will open his Round Rock and Temple congressional offices Friday (tomorrow) morning to welcome and support Tea Party demonstrators who are participating in nationwide protests against the Democrat’s plans to socialize U.S. healthcare. Tea Party volunteers are expected to arrive at 11:00am, and will be greeted by… Read more »

Austin has been approved for $19,400,000 in new federal transportation funding in the latest House Appropriations Committee Action, thanks to the advocacy of Texas Congressmen John Carter (R-31) and Lamar Smith (TX-21).The funds were approved last night by the Transportation and HUD (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation and HUD Appropriations… Read more »

Soaring Unemployment, Record-Setting Deficits, New AIG Bonuses:Carter Says Repeal Stimulus, Return Money to TaxpayersIn spite of soaring unemployment expected to top 10% and the nation’s economic future in peril from record-setting deficit spending on the Democrat’s $787 billion stimulus package, multimillionaire executives at the scandal-plagued insurance giant AIG are… Read more »

Texas solar energy received a boost this week in Washington with House Appropriations Committee approval of a $100,000 funding request by key committee member U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX).project will be used as a pilot project to encourage other commercial customers inside the service territory to consider installing similar renewable distributed power facilities to help reduce… Read more »

Brazos River Grant Approved in U.S. House Committee ActionThe Brazos River Authority could receive $300,000 through an Army Corps of Engineers grant, following a funding request by Congressman John R. Carter (R-TX) that was included in final Appropriations Committee action on the Fiscal Year Energy and Water Appropriations Act.This program would investigate increasing the water supply of… Read more »

Carter Live on KLBJ AM 590 Friday Morning on the Energy Bill (AUSTIN, TEXAS) – Congressman John Carter (R-TX) will be live starting 7:10am CST Friday (tomorrow) morning on Austin talk radio station KLBJ AM 590 to discuss the Democrat’s proposed national energy tax. The controversial bill could be up for a vote Friday or Saturday in the House. The legislation is estimated… Read more »

In an effort to protect the budget of working families in the middle of a serious recession, U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX31) today introduced amendments to HR 2454, the Democrats’ national energy tax bill tentatively scheduled for a vote Friday.Carter’s twin amendments would automatically repeal the energy tax, also known as the "cap and trade" bill, if the U.S.… Read more »