Press Releases
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Department of Labor has awarded a grant to a local organization that will help expand employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated people in the Indianapolis community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Rep. André Carson voted to pass H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at the U.S. southern border. The bill provides significant funding for priorities to meet the needs of vulnerable children, including food, water, medical services, legal assistance, support services for unaccompanied children, alternatives to detention, and refugee services.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. André Carson (D-IN), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released this statement following President Trump's announcement that he is issuing new economic sanctions on Iran. The move comes several days after the President abruptly halted planned air strikes against the nation after it shot down a U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last night the House of Representatives passed an amendment introduced by Rep. André Carson that will increase funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) from the Department of Defense (DoD) by four million dollars above current levels.
This boost in funding will help strengthen DoD's investments in the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering programs at HBCUs, which will help to advance cutting-edge defense and national security research conducted at these institutions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman André Carson and Senators Mike Braun and Todd Young, along with Representatives Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Jim Banks (IN-03), Jim Baird (IN-04), Susan Brooks (IN-05), Greg Pence (IN-06), Larry Bucshon (IN-08), and Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09), introduced legislation to rename the United States Post Office building at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis after Senator Richard G. Lugar.
WASHINGTON, DC-- Congressman André Carson (IN-07) has reintroduced legislation to improve duck boat safety. The Duck Boat Safety Act (H.R. 2799) directs the U.S Coast Guard to implement long-overdue recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to help make these vessels safer, more buoyant, and better equipped to withstand flooding or sinking. Congressman Carson first introduced this legislation in the last Congress (H.R. 7256).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman André Carson issued the statement below following the House of Representatives' passage of the Equality Act. This legislation extends anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans with regard to employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public accommodations.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Congressman André Carson (D-Ind.-07) along with U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and U.S. Representatives Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.-01), Jim Banks (R-Ind.-03), and Jim Baird (R-Ind.-04) today applauded the announcement that Swedish aerospace and defense manufacturer Saab will launch its new advanced manufacturing facility at Purdue University-affiliated Discovery Park District Aerospace in West Lafayette.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Congressman André Carson (D-IN), one of three Muslim members of the U.S. Congress, released the statement below commemorating the beginning of Ramadan, a sacred month of fasting in the Islamic faith:
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Congressman André Carson released the statement below following the death of former Senator Richard Lugar, who served as mayor of Indianapolis from 1968 to 1975, and represented Indiana in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 2013: