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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 27, 2011(ROUND ROCK, TX) – A small group of MoveOn.org members answered President’s Obama’s call to visit congressional offices over the debt ceiling debate, but so did a very large number of Tea Party conservatives, as Congressman John Carter’s Round Rock office served as an informal political forum this week, with donuts, coffee and… Read more »

 For Immediate Release: July 22, 2011The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to cut its own budget by 6.5% as part of H.R. 2551, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 2012, the largest Legislative branch cut in U.S. history.  The vote marks the second time this year the Republican-led House has slashed its funding, following a 5% cut in the FY2011 budget earlier this… Read more »

For immediate release: July 20, 2011Any final deal between the House, Senate, and White House on increasing the nation’s debt ceiling should include legislation placing a moratorium on new job-killing federal regulations for the duration of President Obama’s current term in office, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX-31).“We don’t… Read more »

For immediate release: July 18, 2011$5.3 trillion in savings over ten years with $111 billion up-front in FY2012 represents the magnitude of fiscal reform necessary to bring the nation’s budget back into balance, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter. Carter today praised H.R. 2560, The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011, and called for all House members… Read more »

For immediate release: July 15, 2011This morning House Republicans were provided with a budget briefing by the Bipartisan Policy Center containing the facts and figures on the nation’s current debt situation, and the choices available for balancing the budget.“This data is useful for examining the realities of the deficit spending problem,” says Carter, “and I… 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 »

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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 »