Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman André Carson announced that he was able to secure $500,000 in the House Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD). The funding will be used to install laptops and broadband technology in the cars of IMPD officers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman André Carson disclosed that he requested and secured federal funding for the Indianapolis North Flood Control Damage Reduction Project. The $5,300,000 in funding for the project was in the House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The funding will be used to finish a floodwall in the flood prone area of northern Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, IN- Congressman André Carson will join in honoring his grandmother, former Congresswoman Julia Carson, at a Post Office Dedication Ceremony this Monday, June 16, 2008. The Ceremony will begin promptly at 10:30 am and will take place at the Mapleton Post Office located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman André Carson and the Indiana House Delegation recently sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao requesting that her agency provide urgently needed emergency assistance to those Indiana workers dislocated by the recent onslaught of catastrophic weather that has swept through the state of Indiana.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, Congressman André Carson joined the U.S. House of Representatives Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender (LBGT) Equality Caucus. The mission of the LGBT Equality Caucus is to achieve the extension of equal rights, the repeal of discriminatory laws, the elimination of hate-motivated violence, and the improved health and well being for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman André Carson released the following statement today following his unanimous appointment to the U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee:
"I am delighted and extremely grateful that my colleagues on the Democratic Steering Committee have entrusted me with the great responsibility of serving on the U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman André Carson joined a majority of his congressional colleagues in supporting legislation that will upgrade our nation's passenger rail services and seek to ensure that Amtrak workers at the Beech Grove repair facility do not arbitrarily have their jobs relocated. H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act was approved in the House by a vote of 311 to 104.