Please join me tonight at roughly 7:00pm Central time for another live webcast from our Washington office on the debt ceiling debate along with the latest on securing our borders, fighting job-killing regulations, and any other Congressional issue in which you have an interest.The webcast will be live on our website at WWW.HOUSE.GOV/CARTER, and also viewable simultaneously on our UStream… Read more »

For immediate release: June 23, 2011House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX-31) is blasting Democratic Senate leadership for failing to immediately  debate and pass a 2012 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill, effectively blocking Texas from receiving FEMA disaster funds for the catastrophic wildfires sweeping the southwestern states.“Democrat… Read more »

                                         Teri Mason PhotographyFor immediate release: June 22, 2011Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Anne Birkman,… Read more »

Americans would gain a powerful new line of defense against a spillover of border violence under legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX), to dramatically increase the number of deputies in southern border counties.   The Southern Border Sheriff’s Community Impact Aid Act of 2011, HR 2217, would provide a new federal grant for counties from California to… Read more »

For immediate release: June 2, 2011Homeland Security funds must be used to secure the nation, instead of studying questionable and duplicative climate change science, thanks to an amendment by Congressman John Carter (R-TX) to HR 2017, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2012.  The amendment passed today by a wide 242-180 margin.  The amendment… Read more »

Carter Praises Netanyahu Speech, Supports Secure Borders for Israel Israel must be guaranteed secure, defensible borders as part of any peace agreement with an independent Palestinian state, and that cannot be achieved under a return to a 1967 border, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to… Read more »

Carter Pushes Combat Status for Fort Hood Casualties The casualties of the radical Islamic terror attack on Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, 2009 should be granted the same combat status as the victims of the radical Islamic terror attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, says Congressman John Carter (R-TX31). Carter, Co-Chairman of the House Army Caucus, today asked Members of the… Read more »

Carter Continues Push for Coast Guard Fast Boats on Rio Grande(AUSTIN, TEXAS) – The navigable waters of the Rio Grande could be better secured against violent drug cartels and human smugglers by a beefed-up deployment of Coast Guard patrol boats, Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) told state legislators today in Austin.  “These waters are key to securing our borders… Read more »

For immediate release: February 24, 2011NumbersUSA Endorses Bipartisan "E-LAW" for Mandatory E-VerifyNumbersUSA has endorsed HR 800, the Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act (E-LAW), introduced last week by House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter of Texas with original cosponsors Heath Shuler (D-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX).… Read more »

For immediate release: February 18, 2011Mandatory E-Verify/Jobs Recovery Bill Introduced The Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce ActJobs currently held by illegal immigrants would be opened up for unemployed legal workers under bipartisan legislation introduced today by U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX) – the Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act, or… Read more »