Repeal Obamacare! That is the message from Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) and at least 100 other Republicans from the House of Representatives as a bill to repeal Obamacare was introduced to Congress Thursday. H.R. 45, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Bachman Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) is inviting gun manufacturers to move their businesses Texas. Read more »

Obama Budget decimates DHS enforcements and operations The President’s past-due FY2014 Budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guts frontline border security, defies statutory requirements to protect Americans from criminal aliens,  and uses budgetary gimmicks to claim false savings, according to House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman… Read more »

Government Shutdown Prevented, House Passes Full-Year Continuing ResolutionChairman Carter and House also pass 10-year balanced budgetChairman John Carter (R-TX31) and fellow U.S. House of Representatives members today approved H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, which provides funding to keep the government running until September 30, 2013- the end of the 2013… Read more »

House Passes No Budget - No Pay ActMembers of Congress will be denied their paycheck if they continue to fail to pass a federal budget, under legislation passed today in the House with the backing of Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX31). “The House has done its job every year, while the Senate has refused to pass a budget four years… Read more »

Carter Votes Against Tax and Spend Fiscal Cliff Deal, Blocks Obama Attempt to Raise Federal PayOut-of-control federal spending - the root of the nation’s economic troubles - was totally ignored in the Senate-passed “fiscal cliff” legislation, leading Congressman John Carter to vote against House passage of the bill.“The Democrats have spent America into this mess,… Read more »

Carter Congratulates Baylor Scott & White on Merger Agreement(ROUND ROCK, TX) -- The dramatic growth of health care institutions in Central Texas took another leap forward today as Baylor Health Care System and Scott and White Healthcare signed a merger agreement to create a new $7.7 billion organization, according to Congressman John Carter (R-TX31).“This is a significant… Read more »

Autumn of Despair for the Jobless Ushered in by Obama Policies (ROUND ROCK, TX) – A stunning 368,000 Americans gave up hope of finding a job in August, leaving the smallest percentage of Americans in the workforce since 1981, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics August jobs report released today. “The economic policies of the last three-and-a-half years have… Read more »

House Moratorium on Job-Killing Regulations Could Relieve Economy from Administration OverreachA session-long quest to ban new federal red tape to allow jobs recovery by U.S. Representative John R. Carter (TX-31) was brought to fruition today as the House passed the Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012, H.R. 4078 by a 245-172 margin.“We have never before experienced such direct… Read more »

Carter Blasts Senate Vote to Raise Taxes in a RecessionSenate Democrats and the Obama Administration could drive the nation back into full-fledged recession through a massive tax increase passed today in the Senate, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter.  “Unemployment has remained above 8% since 2009, and the last thing American workers need is a… Read more »