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Carter secures funding to expand Effingham water infrastructure

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EFFINGHAM – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $1.75 million in federal funding to expand Effingham County’s water and sewer infrastructure as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Interior and Environment Appropriations Act. The funding will support a project to increase the pumping capacity of Hodgeville Road Lift Station No. 4 by constructing 26,000 feet of 18-inch…

Carter supports passage of final FY24 appropriations package

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement after voting in favor of H. Res. 1102, the Further Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2024: “Against the odds, House Republicans were able to secure conservative wins in this appropriations package that will help strengthen our border security, save taxpayer dollars, fully fund veterans’ health care…

Carter funds roadway improvements for Blackshear

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BLACKSHEAR – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $2.5 million for roadway and logistical improvements at Pierce County Industrial Park as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will support construction of a new entrance to the Pierce County Industrial Park, which will soon overwhelm its…

Carter acquires funding for SR 38 bypass in Liberty County

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LIBERTY COUNTY – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $2.71 million for the Georgia Department of Transportation to reduce traffic between the City of Savannah and Liberty County as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The funding will support the Liberty County SR 38 Bypass project, constructing a…

Chairs Rodgers and Carter: Biden’s Radical EV Mandates will Hurt Families and Cede American Leadership to China

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Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) released a statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of the final rule for its reckless tailpipe emissions standard, which mandates that 67 percent of all new…

Carter obtains federal funding for Glynn County 9-1-1 center

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GLYNN COUNTY – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $3.7 million to update Glynn County's emergency communications technology as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will allow the county to replace its portable radios, which had an end service date of December 31, 2023, with radios that have LTE…

Carter secures Camden County resiliency funding to combat sea level rise

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CAMDEN COUNTY – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $1.24 million for the Camden County Resiliency Center to combat sea level rise along Georgia’s coast as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will support the center’s work to protect, restore, and responsibly develop Camden County. In partnership with…

Carter lands safety, traffic funding for College of Coastal Georgia

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BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $1.5 million for the College of Coastal Georgia’s construction of a Campus Loop Road as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will improve campus safety and traffic flow by constructing a single outer loop road that provides access to…

Carter, Barragán, LaHood, Tonko introduce bill providing Alzheimer’s and dementia education resources to primary care physicians

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) today introduced the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training (AADAPT) Act, a bill that would provide Alzheimer’s and dementia education and training to more primary care providers, improving detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s…

Subcommittee Chair Carter introduces bill reversing negative impacts of Biden’s jobs-killing air quality standards

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced H.R. 7650, the Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024, a bill that makes practical changes to reform the broken process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and implement the National Ambient…