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Mr. Speaker-Thousands of active duty service members are returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq every year.

Many of these individuals have been serving continuously since they enlisted right out of high school or college.

For years, they lived a structured military life-on bases or abroad.

This structure makes for a well disciplined, well trained military force.

Madame Speaker, throughout both democratic and republican administrations, the White House has maintained a policy against providing letters of condolence to the families of suicide victims.

This is a major issue for my constituents that I have been working on for months.

I have had a number of communications with the White House and the Department of Defense expressing their concerns.


May 27, 2010
Dear Friend,

Thank you for reading another edition of my e-newsletter, the Carson Courier. For additional information on these and other topics, please visit my website at https://www.carson.house.gov.

In this week's Carson Courier:
The American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes Act
Recovery Act Creating More Jobs
Don't Ask Don't Tell Amendment
Defense Authorization Bill


May 27, 2010
May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Carson released the following statement tonight after voting for an amendment to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy:

Hundreds of qualified troops have been removed from service because of this flawed policy.


May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman André Carson today voted to approve legislation that makes significant investments in American jobs and cuts taxes for middle-class families to help the nation continue along the path of economic recovery.


May 26, 2010
May 24, 2010

The Honorable Greg Ballard
Mayor
City of Indianapolis
City-County Building
200 E. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Dear Mayor Ballard:


May 21, 2010
Dear Friend,

Thank you for reading another edition of my e-newsletter, the Carson Courier. For additional information on these and other topics, please visit my website at https://www.carson.house.gov.

In this week's Carson Courier:
America COMPETES Act
Congratulations Graduating Seniors
New Health Care Web Tools
America COMPETES Act


May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman André Carson released the following statement today about the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's announcement that the state of Indiana gained 22,700 jobs in April.


May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman André Carson released the following statement on the Senate's passage of financial regulatory reform last night:


May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An amendment authored by Congressman André Carson was included in legislation to spur small-business lending. The bill, which was approved by the House Financial Services Committee, will create a Small Business Lending Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.