U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX31), U.S. Representative Roger Williams (R-TX25) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are proud to honor the victims of the Fort Hood shooting with the Purple Heart Award for the sacrifices made during and after the 2009 terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Texas. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) is releasing the following statement after a verdict was reached regarding the Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty on all 30 counts that included conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction, including 17 that are punishable by death. Read more »

Congressman John Carter, (R-TX31) Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations, has proposed language to be included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health, and Human Services (FY16 Labor-HHS ) funding bill to help relieve the burden of healthcare and education costs on state and local communities as a result of illegal immigration. Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX31) is releasing the following statement after Tuesday's congressional hearing in which Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy testified about the agency's recent security lapses as well as the agency's 2016 budget request. Read more »

U.S. Representative John R. Carter (R-TX31) filed the Protection of Children Act of 2015 (H.R. 1149) in the House of Representatives. The bill fixes a loophole in the current law regarding unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. illegally and proposes common sense solutions. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) is releasing the following statement after U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued an injunction to temporarily halt the President's overreaching executive order on amnesty. Read more »

Rep. Carter's DHS bill stops the President's overreaching amnesty Read more »

Rep. Carter urges Senate to pass his DHS funding bill to stop the President's amnesty Read more »

Congressman John Carter, (R-TX31) Chairman of Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations is battling the President's overreaching executive actions. His 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives today, prohibits DHS funding from being used to implement the President's overreaching executive amnesty. Read more »

Sixteen members of the Texas Delegation issued the following joint statement supporting legislation to fight against President Obama's unconstitutional executive amnesty plan. Read more »