(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 Carter released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, with bipartisan support. 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) released the following statement after he supported, H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which passed the House today. 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 »

The U.S. congressman representing the Killeen area offered personal support to career and technical education during a visit Oct. 18 to the KISD Career Center. Taking up an invitation from school district leaders during a visit to Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. John Carter learned firsthand from students the power of the kind of education offered at the career-focused high… Read more »