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 and othe... Read More »
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 Air Qual... Read More »
RICHMOND HILL – Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) secured $4.78 million for the Georgia Department of Transportation for I-95 interchange improvements at Belfast Keller Road as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will support the joint effort between the City of Richmond Hill and Bryan County to widen Be... Read More »
BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $11.35 million for the Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) construction phase of the Brunswick Harbor Modifications project as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to modify the existing federal navigation channel at the Port of Brunsw... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which he was proud to cosponsor: “Hostile foreign nations should not have control over any application that mines and stores American users’ data - period. I am proud that ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Greg Steube (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), and Joe Morelle (D-NY) today introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 to permanently extend telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries. This bill will ensure permanent access to telehealth servi... Read More »
President Biden was supposed to deliver a State of the Union speech last week, but ended up hosting a Washington Democrat pep rally on the House floor instead. Needless to say, I was disappointed. The American people needed to hear three things from the President during his address: his plan to secure the border, his budget outline, and his national security strategy. In Case You Missed It, I dis... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) cosponsored a resolution led by Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Michelle Steel (R-CA), and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) that expresses support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 19 percent of women face infertility. As stated in the resolution, IVF has proven to be an effect... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) gave the following response today after President Biden delivered his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress: “Early on, I said I needed to hear three things from President Biden tonight: his plan to secure the border, an outline of his budget, which was due February 5th, and his national security strategy. Unfortunatel... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today issued the following statement after President Biden pushed for an expansion of the Inflation “Reduction” Act’s (IRA) government-controlled drug pricing mandates, which threaten the development of up to 342 cures and treatments and has already resulted in multiple cancer and rare-disease drugs being pulled from the market: “The drug prici... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) will attend Thursday’s State of the Union (SOTU) address with guest Jennelle Stephenson, a sickle cell disease (SCD) patient who received one of the first successful curative sickle cell treatments approved by FDA in December 2023. Jennelle’s story highlights the life-saving miracle that is American medical innovation and underscores the need t... Read More »
Washington D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment Subcommittee markup of a bill to modernize air quality standards. NAAQS PROCESS IS BROKEN “Just three weeks ago, this Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on the print being marked up today... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement ahead of President Biden’s planned State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, which comes on the heels of UGA student Laken Riley’s murder at the hands of an illegal immigrant that reignited calls to secure the southern border: "I’ve seen enough. If the death of nearly... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, Earl L. "Buddy Carter (R-GA), Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), and Western Caucus Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) were joined by 108 members of the House of Representatives in demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind the recently final... Read More »
Washington D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s subcommittee legislative hearing on the EPA’s harmful new particulate matter standards that will crush American manufacturing and jobs. CURRENT NAAQS STANDARDS “The Clean Air Act requires the promulgation of NAAQS f... Read More »