Defunding the Czars: Carter to offer CR amendment Video: Carter and colleagues go after the Czars on CSPANAll funding for the controversial “Czars” of the Obama Administration would be stripped from the federal budget under an amendment offered by House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter.Carter, who has led criticism on the House floor since 2008 of the… Read more »
Texas sovereignty over environmental permitting would be restored under a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to the EPA’s new regulation overturning the state’s 16-year old Clean Air Act permitting process.Congressman John Carter today filed a resolution of disapproval on the EPA’s new rule which seeks to strip the state of Texas of its legal authority under the… Read more »
Congressional Oversight Revivedby Congressman John Carter This past November voters made their voices heard through one of the biggest congressional landslides in American history. Since 2009 the country repeatedly screamed no to the Democrats’ political agenda. Yet they were ignored by President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Leader Reid, who used their heavy Democrat… Read more »
President Obama’s announcement of a pay freeze for federal employees should be followed by firing the unneeded “Czars” the President has appointed without Senate confirmation, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter. “Time to throw out the deadweight,” says Carter. “If we can hold off pay increases for… Read more »
Justice Denied: Rangel Found Guilty of 11 Ethics Charges Two Weeks AFTER Election The more than two-year delay in resolving multiple ethics charges against former House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has resulted in Rangel being found guilty on 11 of 13 charges, but two weeks too late for voters to have a chance to act. “Justice has been delayed, and justice has thus… Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 25, 2010 (ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) – With new homes sales plummeting to an all-time low, House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter says the American economy must make a dramatic change of direction to avoid a financial meltdown in 2011. “The evidence of disastrous July homes sales, record high foreclosures, and continued unemployment… Read more »
August 11, 2010: for immediate release Doggett Amendment Penalizing Texas Schools Adds Insult to Injury House Democrats voted this week to rob Texas and other states that balanced their budgets in order to give a $23 billion federal bailout to California and other big deficit states, through passage of the latest Obama Administration "stimulus" program."Speaker… Read more »
(ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) -- The loss of 125,000 jobs in the month of June and a sustained unemployment rate near 10% shows the total failure of massive deficit spending by Democrats as an attempt to pull the nation out the worst economic turndown since the Great Depression, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX31)."The June jobs report shows that the Obama… Read more »
Americans have been ignored for too long, and they’re ready to speak out about what the government is – but mostly isn’t – doing to help them out in a time of need.This Saturday, July 3, Congressman John Carter (TX-31) will host his second townhall event as part of the “America Speaking Out” initiative to gather ideas from the American people and… Read more »
