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John Rice Carter

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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.

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Jan 31, 2012

Reclaiming my time, and thanking my colleague for his comments--you know, we're talking this whole year of how we're going to get this economy back on its feet, how we're going to put people back to work, how we're going to make our…

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Jan 31, 2012

I would now like to have you hear from my colleague from Virginia, Scott Rigell, who has been waiting to talk. I learned in a conversation before we started here tonight he's been in the car, the automobile business, and so he brings a…

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Jan 31, 2012

I thank you, and I agree with absolutely everything you've said. I think it's a real eye-opener to realize that we sit here and we have a State of the Union address where the middle class was referenced, I don't know, a dozen times…

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Jan 31, 2012

I thank you, Representative Kelly. I will be glad to have you in the fight. You are a man I stand back-to-back with. Mr. Speaker, we have been here talking about something that many of us realize is a shocking change of our world. It seems…

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Jan 31, 2012

In reclaiming my time, I'd like to ask the gentleman a question because it just dawned on me the economics that you're describing here. What they're doing now is not saying, Okay, we're going to make a Chevrolet pickup or a Ford pickup…

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Jan 31, 2012

In reclaiming my time, there is an agenda that is being sold here. In testimony we had before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, which I happen to serve on, we talked to our former colleague about this administration's…

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Dec 20, 2011

Last week, I dropped a resolution commending Robert Griffin III for winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy. Robert Griffin, a student of Baylor University, is one of the outstanding Americans in this country, an amazing young man who graduated…

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Dec 15, 2011

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska for yielding and for all of your hard work on this issue. This is an issue that is important to the United States of America. It's just that simple--that you don't have this kind of an opportunity in the…

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Dec 14, 2011

When you read the reports on Major Hasan, he was acting erratically. In the months before the attack, he promoted radical Islamic views while at Walter Reed Hospital. He exchanged email with Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni cleric with terrorist…

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Dec 14, 2011

I thank the gentleman. You just referenced in your poster and showed us a picture of Mr. Abdo, the man that was saying he couldn't go to war. That was back on July 28, 2011, after the workplace violence. Another soldier made the same…

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Dec 14, 2011

Don't you wonder have we changed so much since the attack on Pearl Harbor that we don't recognize an enemy attack on us and we just want to stick our head in the sand and act like it didn't happen? Here's an interesting report from Time…

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Dec 14, 2011

13 adults and one unborn child were killed and 31 individuals were wounded in a shooting attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009. Since that time, the Department of Defense has taken no steps to award combat benefits to the…

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