Congressman John Carter (TX-31) - joined by Representatives Steve Womack (AR-3), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), Steve Russell (OK-5), and Sanford Bishop (GA-2)– introduced the Credentialing, Educating, and Relevant Training Initiative For Your (CERTIFY) Heroes Act. Read more »

U.S. Rep John Carter, R-Round Rock, and other members of Congress, including Steve Womack, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Steve Russell and Sanford Bishop, have introduced the Credentialing, Educating, and Relevant Training Initiative For Your Heroes Act. This legislation will permit individuals who are eligible for the Defense Department’s tuition assistance program to use their… Read more »

(Gray DC) -- A Leander, Texas family's fight to get their loved one life-saving care could help other veterans caught up in red tape. Charles Nelson's family is on a mission to change the VA's organ surgery process. Nelson needed a kidney -- but because his donor didn't also serve -- the family paid a steep price. A year and a half after life-saving kidney surgery -- Army veteran… Read more »

Congressman Carter released the following statement after the House passed the Enhancing Veteran Care Act. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and VA Inspector General Michael Missal today, demanding answers on reported misconduct, abuse of power and criminal actions at the Central Texas VA Medical Center located in Temple, Texas. Read more »

Reacting to a news report on preliminary finding of abuse of power and criminal actions at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center in Temple, U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, wants answers. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) voted for, and the House passed, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The FY18 NDAA authorizes $699.6 billion to increase readiness, rebuild our military, and fully fund a 2.4% pay increase for our troops. Congressman Carter led the charge to include higher funding levels to accelerate upgrades to current Ground Combat Vehicles. He also included language to compel the Army to create a plan for the future of Ground Combat Vehicles. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) introduced H. Res. 613, bipartisan legislation to provide America's military men and women technical education and credentialing programs during their military service to prepare them to enter the civilian job market. Read more »

Today, the House passed Congressman John Carter's (TX-31) Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017. Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs can deny life-saving transplant coverage to a veteran if the organ donor is a non-veteran. Congressman Carter's bipartisan legislation changes the VA's policy to ensure that no other American hero is denied transplant coverage again. Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) testified in front of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs today about his bill, H.R. 1133, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017. This legislation enables the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transplants for veterans, even if the live donor is a non-veteran, at the facility of their choice. Read more »