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John Rice Carter is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as military and veteran affairs, as well as economic development in his district. Carter has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at supporting local businesses and enhancing the quality of life for his constituents. Throughout his tenure, he has participated in numerous committees and has been an advocate for policies that align with conservative values.
We introduced a bill last session, we are going to put it back in this session, that is going to encourage employers to hire the spouses of our soldiers. We give a tax break to employers who hire ex-cons. We ought to give a tax break to…
I am very fortunate, Madam Speaker, to have Duncan Hunter, somebody if you asked people in this Congress who is a friend of the soldier, the first word of their mouth will always be Duncan Hunter. He is the ranking member of the Armed…
I rise to thank Speaker Denny Hastert for coming to Texas this weekend to look at the situation on the Texas border and bringing a bipartisan delegation with him. The information that he received I think is invaluable for this House. I am…
It is very seldom that we get good news around here, but the purpose of this amendment is the continuation of a program that is a success. Tarleton State University has put together a data mining program in which they have been examining…
This morning, and every morning in my memory, members of my district, Americans all across this country and my colleagues in the Democratic Party went out and got in their cars, started them up and drove to work or drove to school. They…
At this time we are joined by the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), one of our wonderful colleagues, a real asset to this House, and at this time I yield to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).
I wonder how you can be unqualified to serve by not recognizing that right, when there are members sitting on the Court at this time who do not recognize that right. The point of a Supreme Court is that there are multiple points of view…
If I can reclaim my time, I noticed that the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King), our friend, has arrived in the Chamber. I would really like to hear what he has to say about Justice Rehnquist. So I yield to our colleague and good friend from…
It is, and it is something we should be very proud of, and I am personally proud and I know the gentleman is too.
It is a whole lot more fun to dream about winning the lottery. I mean, obviously, the whole country dreams almost every third night in this country about winning the lottery someplace; not very many of them that win it, but they are out…
And I too lived in such a county and presided over such a court. Our Williamson County jurors, they, when you start talking about $1 million, there is not that much money in the world as far as they are concerned, so they were very tight…
If I have the floor, and I might speak, my point was the damage that the dissolution of marriage causes to the children of this marriage. I said nothing about gay marriages in my speech whatsoever.
In light of the support of the chairman of the committee, I would like to conclude by saying that over the last 20 years I have tried over 100 of these cases, and last year I had a lady come up to me in a grocery store and told me about…
It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for…
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