For Immediate Release: September 15, 2011An outright ban on new job-killing regulations would provide a cost-free economic jumpstart for creating private sector jobs, and House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter is calling on fellow House members to pass his bill to do just that as part of any fall jobs package considered by Congress. “The President has already… Read more »
For immediate release: September 15, 201170 key Hill staffers packed a briefing yesterday on the Congressional Review Act (CRA) hosted by Republican Conference Secretary John Carter, as Congress scrambles for legislative tools to restore and create private sector jobs. “America needs jobs, and taking on the tsunami of regulations spawned by this Administration is one of the… Read more »
For Immediate Release: September 6, 2011(ROUND ROCK, TX) – U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX31) today inspected wildfire damage in Williamson and Bell counties, and pledged to continue working for disaster relief for all affected areas in Central Texas.“The reality that these wildfires are the worst in Texas history really sinks in when viewing the destruction left in… Read more »
OPINION: 660 wordsFor Immediate Release: September 6, 2011This past week the nation was reminded that our economic recovery has stalled, as the Labor Department announced that ZERO new jobs had been created in the month of August. Only 85,000 jobs were added, and with a minimum 125,000 needed just to keep up with population growth, that left us with zero job… Read more »
For immediate release: July 29, 2011A year-long campaign by Congressman John Carter to save the Portland cement industry from faulty new jobs-killing EPA regulations has paid off with breakthrough bipartisan legislation.Carter today praised the introduction of H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011, by U.S. Representatives John Sullivan (R-OK) and Mike Ross (D-AR),… Read more »
For immediate release: July 13, 2011The EPA’s power grab over vehicle gas mileage standards has been dealt a major blow by Congressmen John Carter (R-TX) and Steve Austria (R-OH), who teamed up to pass a pickup truck-saving amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act in full House Appropriations Committee Action.“We are trying to stop nothing short of the… Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 12, 2011Watch the continuing committee markup live at WWW.HOUSE.GOV/CARTERHouse Appropriators this afternoon voted to block an EPA rule that could severely undermine the domestic production of Portland cement, as they approved by voice vote an amendment by Congressman John Carter (R-TX) to block the agency from implementing the harsh new emissions… Read more »
For immediate release: July 8, 2011The EPA’s regulatory war against Texas would be temporarily blocked under an amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2012 by Congressman John Carter (R-TX31).“Texas should not be subject to EPA discriminatory action solely designed to punish a politically conservative state,” says Carter. “This rule… Read more »
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 »
