For Immediate Release: August 8, 2011(ROUND ROCK, TEXAS) – House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter today called for replacement of the Budget Control Act passed into law last week with a new debt reduction plan that will cut at least an additional $2 trillion in spending over the next ten years, in light of the U.S. credit downgrade and market losses. “We… Read more »
For immediate release: July 28, 2011Quick action by a Texas gun dealer and local police apparently stopped another planned attack on Fort Hood soldiers, and Congressman John Carter (R-TX) says those actions should be studied and emulated nationwide.The suspect is now identified as U.S. Army PFC Naser Abdo, 21, a native of Garland, Texas. Abdo is reported AWOL since July 4 from… Read more »
For immediate release: July 28, 2011House Army Caucus Co-Chairman John Carter (R-TX31) is praising Killeen police and a local gun dealer who have apparently stopped another attack on Fort Hood through early detection and teamwork “Thanks to quick action by a Texas gun dealer in alerting local police to a suspicious character, and a prompt and vigorous response by the Killeen… Read more »
For immediate release: July 25, 2011(KILLEEN, TEXAS) – The Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport has been awarded a competitive grant of $4,370,331 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to Congressman John Carter (R-TX31).The grant will provide for the design and construction of a new Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Checked Baggage Inspection System (CBIS)… Read more »
For immediate release: July 25, 2011 -- The ability of disabled veterans to use their service dogs in VA facilities will be examined today in hearings by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health. The Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs (VETS Dogs) Bill, HR 1154, was introduced in March by Congressman John Carter (R-TX31). The bill would… Read more »
For immediate release: July 13, 2011 - The proposed ATF ban on shotgun imports with any tactical features would be blocked under an amendment by Congressman John Carter (R-TX) which passed the House Appropriations Committee today by a 28-19 margin.“People in Texas are perfectly capable of deciding what features they like on their shotguns without interference from… 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 »
Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) today applauded the Army’s decision to send the trial of Major Nidal Hasan to Court Martial status, opening the door to the death penalty as punishment for a conviction in the Fort Hood shootings which left 13 adults and one unborn child dead, and 43 wounded.“This was the proper decision in this case from both a legal and moral standpoint, and… Read more »
