The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University has received a $5.4 million Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant from the United States Department of Justice. The grant will support ALERRT's Integrated Response Training Program, which provides training across the country to improve rapid response to active shooter… Read more »

Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office awarded $5.4 million in grant funding to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University. This award was made possible by Rep. Carter's POLICE ACT, which was signed into law in 2016. The POLICE Act expanded access to COPS grants for programs like Texas State University's ALERRT program to receive further active shooter response training. Read more »

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX-31) supported and the House Appropriations Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. The bill funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related agencies. Read more »

Today, Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX-31) hosted a tour and briefings at the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) facility at Texas State University in San Marcos. Invitees included City and County officials, Police and Fire Department Chiefs, and EMS representatives from Bell and Williamson Counties. During the events, leaders witnessed a number of different drills and exercises used by first responders during an active shooter incident. They also participated in a Congressional Achievement Award Ceremony, where Rep. Carter recognized ALERRT and Texas State University for their commitment to this groundbreaking, life-saving training. Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX) released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the POLICE Act, legislation that will allow law enforcement and medical personnel to use federal grant funds to train and better prepare for active shooter situations, including training civilians how to respond if confronted by an active shooter: Read more »

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX-31) responded to President Obama's executive action against law abiding gun suppliers, owners and purchasers exercising their Second Amendment rights. Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX-31) released the following statement in regards to President Obama's agreement with Iran. Read more »

Representative John Carter (R-TX-31) comments on today's Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges et. al: "Today, the Supreme Court redefined marriage, and paved the way for same sex marriage to be legal in all 50 states, regardless of law in those states, such as Texas. Read more »

Statement by U.S. Representative John Carter (R-TX-31) on the Hutto Police Officer, Sergeant Chris Kelley, who was killed in the line of duty Read more »

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) joined 112 Members of Congress and 26 States, including Texas, to file an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Fifth Circuit to defend the preliminary injunction against President Obama's executive amnesty order. Congressman John Carter released the following statement regarding the amicus Brief in Texas et al v. United States, which challenges the legality of the president's unilateral actions: Read more »