U.S. House · Alabama's 1st District

Jerry Carl understands that illegal immigration is a direct threat to our national security. In Congress, Jerry worked to pass one of the strongest border security bills in history, including funding to build a border wall and hire a record number of Border Patrol agents.

I will fight for real immigration reform — a clear, straightforward path for undocumented people to get documented — because the people doing the work that holds our communities together deserve better than to live in fear. Secure borders are important, but lives and families shouldn't be put on the line to hit arrest quotas.

That's why he supports a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and believes Members of Congress should go without pay until they balance the budget.

Campaign focuses on gas, insurance premiums, rent and groceries, especially Gulf Coast homeowners insurance (as reported by South AL News, Oct 11, 2026).

Campaign issues page addresses veterans’ care; no broader health-care plan listed. At a GOP primary forum he named fighting fraud, helping independent pharmacies and reforming the Medicare wage index (Alabama Daily News).

I believe in the expansion of Medicaid, and ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits to ease the burden of health care on every day Americans.

In Congress, Jerry will continue to work alongside President Trump to make our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous than ever before.

In Congress I'll advocate and vote for a ban on stock trading for members and their immediate families.

He always stands up to the liberals who want to take away our guns, and he’s received a 100% rating from Gun Owners of America and been previously endorsed by the NRA-Political Victory Fund.

Jerry Carl is 100% pro-life and opposes any tax dollars being used to fund abortions.

If both sides can live with it, I can live with it.

Says the federal government should act on coal ash stored at Plant Barry (as reported by South AL News).