Representative John Carter (TX-31) and Baylor Scott & White Greater Austin Region President Jay Fox today announced $3 million for equipment and renovations for the high-tech cardiac catheterization lab at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Round Rock. The funding will provide additional equipment to help medical staff save lives during cardiac emergencies as the region continues to grow. Representative Carter secured the funding in the Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill. Read more »

(Round Rock, TX) - Representative John Carter (TX-31) and Round Rock Mayor Craig Morgan announced $1 million in federal funding secured by Congressman Carter for the City of Round Rock’s Crisis Response Unit. This funding was part of Representative Carter’s community project funding requests in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill.   “The City of Round Rock currently… Read more »

(Washington, DC) - Representative John Carter (TX-31) co-sponsored the "Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act" to improve the quality, transparency, and accessibility of seniors' health care.   "Too often seniors' quality and timeliness of healthcare is delayed due to issues that arise with prior authorization," said Representative Carter. "Instead of focusing on… Read more »

(Washington, DC) - Today, Representative John Carter and over 170 of his Republican colleagues condemned President Biden’s attempt to remove the Hyde Amendment provision and other pro-life protections from the President's budget. The Hyde Amendment, which prohibits tax dollars from being used to fund abortions, has been a bipartisan effort for over 40 years and now, President Biden is attempting to end it. Read more »

Today Representative John Carter (TX-31) joined 199 of his colleagues in sending a letter to House and Senate leadership expressing his opposition to congressional Democrats’ efforts to repeal the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prohibits tax dollars from being used for abortion services. Read more »

Representative John Carter (TX-31) announced $3,148,711 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for Texas’ 31st district today. The CARES Act established $5 billion in supplemental Community Development Block Grant funding to help localities prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus. This money comes from that allocation and is part of the third tranche of CDBG CARES Act funding. Read more »

A funding appropriations bill in front of lawmakers in the U.S. House this week takes aim at zebra mussels, the invasive species that has infested several lakes across Texas and the U.S. Rep. John Carter (TX-31) said he has included language in H.R. 7608, the minibus appropriations bill, to instruct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create technologies to combat and prevent the spread of zebra mussels. Read more »

Representative John Carter (TX-31) and Killeen Mayor Jose Segarra announced a $230,937 federal grant for the City of Killeen to support a range of needs in the wake of the coronavirus. Read more »

Bell and Williamson County health care providers received $76,332,092.24 from the CARES Act to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Representative John Carter announced today. Read more »

Representative John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement on the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Read more »