U.S. Congressman John R. Carter (TX-31), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured $400 thousand in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill for a new Armed Services YMCA to be built in Harker Heights. "I am pleased to secure these funds ... Read more »

.S. Congressman John R. Carter (TX-31), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured $200 thousand for the North East Inner Loop in Georgetown in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill which passed the House late last night. "Central Texa... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John R. Carter (TX-31), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured $900 thousand in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill for two important projects in Round Rock. Included in the bill were a $400 thousand allocation for re... Read more »

U.S. Congressman John R. Carter, House Republican Conference Secretary, today announced new staff changes to his Washington D.C. Congressional office. Chris Alsup, who currently serves as Carter's Legislative Director, will be assuming additional duties as the conference liaison for Member Se... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that $250,000 for grassland soil and water research in Temple will be included in the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill. This funding will enable field monitoring studies to determine the impact of land u... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that $495,000 for range revegetation at Fort Hood has been included in the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill. "This is the first step to secure funds to revegetate 30,000 acres of native grass... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that $1,275,000 for a dairy gasifier in Stephenville has been included in the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The fixed-bed gasifier to be located on Jam-Dot Dairy in Stephenville, Texas will b... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that $300,000 for the Big Creek (Tri-County) Watershed of the Brazos River project has been included in the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill. This funding will provide flood control and a new wat... Read more »

House Conference Secretary John Carter (TX-31) today co-sponsored a bill designed to address the growing problem of identity theft. The bill was approved unanimously during a Ways and Means Committee meeting yesterday. Carter introduced three bills earlier this year that provide for protecti... Read more »

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that the House has included funding for projects he requested for Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital's (HMEC) Radiology Department during the Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Rel... Read more »