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June 28, 2018
Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the House passed the FY19 Defense Appropriations bill, which included Carter's language to help set a standard to prosecute juvenile-on-juvenile sexual assault cases that occur on military installations.
June 8, 2018
Today, the House passed Congressman John Carter's (TX-31) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) appropriations bill 235-179.
June 6, 2018
Today, President Donald Trump signed Congressman John Carter's (TX-31) legislation, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act into law, as part of the VA Mission Act. The Veterans Transplant Coverage Act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide organ transplants to veterans from a live donor, regardless of whether or not that donor is a veteran.
June 4, 2018
Today, Congressman John R. Carter (TX-31), Central Texas Veterans Health Care System Director Christopher Sandles, and the Nelson family, held a press conference to announce the signing of the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act, as a part of the VA MISSION Act.
May 24, 2018
Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
May 16, 2018
Congressman John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after he was named the new chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Appropriations.