Press Releases
INDIANAPOLIS - Congressman André Carson today encouraged business owners and residents looking for career opportunities to join him this Saturday, April 24 for an Economic Recovery Forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
The forum focuses on identifying important resources that can assist small business owners to strengthen and grow their company in the current economic climate. The program will also address opportunities for job training and job creation in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Congressman André Carson today announced a change to his communications team, naming Jason Tomcsi as his new press secretary. The change will take effect next Monday, April 26.
Tomcsi will manage day-to-day operations of Carson's press and communications office, acting as a spokesperson for the Congressman and the central point of contact for media inquiries.
WHEN: TODAY (Thursday), 11 a.m.
WHERE: Hawthorne Community Center, 70 N. Mount Street*
(*Hawthorne is an official Census "Be Counted Center" where residents can come to pick up Census forms if they don't have one and seek answers to questions)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman André Carson released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
"After more than a year of debate and constant work to bring together the best solutions to our nation's health care challenges, we've finally taken a monumental step toward a stronger, healthier America.
"Simply put, today's vote is nothing short of a game-changer for tens-of-millions of Americans-a life-saver for millions more.
INDIANAPOLIS - Citing the numerous benefits the majority of people in his district would experience under health-care reform, Congressman André Carson said today that he expects to vote in favor of the health reform package when it is brought to the House floor.
March 15, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS - Congressman André Carson took a page from fellow Hoosier David Letterman's playbook and released a Top Ten list of facts that are sure to go unspoken at today's anti-health-care-reform rally at the Statehouse.
10) According to a report released just yesterday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute, failing to pass health reform could result in families seeing their premiums and out-of-pocket health care costs skyrocket 34 percent by 2015 and 79 percent by 2020.
INDIANAPOLIS- Congressman André Carson today issued the following statement praising President Obama for establishing a bipartisan commission on fiscal responsibility:
"People across this nation have always been forced to make tough choices when it comes to their family or personal budgets. All the while Washington has seen massive deficits grow as difficult decisions are put off year-after-year.