JOHN CARTER

Congressman John Carter has always put the safety and sovereignty of America first. As the first member of Congress to secure funding for President Trump’s border wall, he has been a leader in the fight to protect our southern border and stop the flow of illegal drugs, weapons, and human trafficking. A proud member of the House Border Security Caucus, Congressman Carter has authored and co-sponsored dozens of bills to close dangerous loopholes, reinstate Remain in Mexico, and give law enforcement the tools they need to restore law and order. He fully supports President Trump’s actions to close the border to illegal immigration and deport criminal aliens. Congressman Carter believes a nation without borders is not a nation at all—and he will never back down from defending America’s right to secure and control its borders.

Secured federal funding for border-wall construction.

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Authored and co-sponsored federal legislation intended to close immigration-enforcement loopholes.

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Reinstate the federal Remain in Mexico immigration policy.

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Provide law-enforcement agencies additional tools to enforce immigration law and border security.

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Strengthen border controls to stop unlawful entry into the United States.

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Support deportation of noncitizens convicted of criminal offenses.

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Strengthen United States national defense against foreign and domestic threats.

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Modernize United States military capabilities and equipment.

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Ensure United States intelligence agencies have the lawful tools needed to prevent terrorist attacks.

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Helped provide federal appropriations for national-security capabilities.

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Helped provide federal investments in missile-defense capabilities.

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Helped provide federal investments in cybersecurity capabilities.

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Use military strength and readiness to deter conflict and protect the United States.

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Rebuild United States military readiness and capacity.

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Ensure every veteran receives the care and benefits they have earned.

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Authored the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act to require Department of Veterans Affairs coverage of lifesaving live-donor transplant surgeries.

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Helped increase federal funding for veterans' mental-health care.

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Helped increase federal funding for programs intended to prevent veteran homelessness.

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Helped increase federal funding for modernization of Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.

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Supported the federal Working Families Tax Cut.

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Reduce federal regulations the candidate says burden families and businesses.

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Support federal policies that help small businesses grow.

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Use federal economic policy to bring more jobs to Texas.

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Move the federal budget toward balance.

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Favor limited government and economic freedom in federal economic policy.

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Protect the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms and defend themselves, their families, and their property.

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Voted against federal firearm restrictions and gun-owner registries.

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Protect parents' authority to decide what is best for their children.

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Support legislation limiting girls' and women's athletic competition to biological females.

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Oppose expansion of federal control over state and local education decisions.

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Opposes classroom content the candidate characterizes as political agenda-setting; the source names no federal education measure.