WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced it will subject 15 additional prescription drugs to government price controls by unelected bureaucrats: “The so-called Inflation ‘Reduction’ Act takes patients out of the frying pan and into the fire – leading to higher list prices for prescription drugs, dec... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced the Disaster Reforestation Act, a bill to help working forests recover from a natural disaster by amending the tax code to recognize the value of destroyed timber. The current tax code disadvantages forest landowners by restricting their ability to claim loss from destroyed timber, harming their ability to reforest lands. Timber typi... Read More »
SAVANNAH – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) invites students and community members across Georgia’s First Congressional District to join him this Valentine’s Day in thanking first responders for the hard work they do to protect their community by participating in his fourth annual “Friends of the First” campaign. Rep. Carter visits with firefighters during Friends of the First 2024 “Friends of t... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today successfully urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to rescind a proposed jobs-killing speed restriction for boats 35’ to 65’ along the Atlantic Coast. The move comes after boaters, harbor pilots, and business owners raised concerns that the new safety regulations, nobly designed to protect the North Atlantic rig... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Julia Letlow (R-LA) today introduced the Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act, a bill that reinstates a Trump-era policy which increases health care options and lowers costs for Americans, following the Biden Administration’s repeal of the ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously voted to release a second interim staff report on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) egregious practices, finding that the top three PBMs marked up drugs for chronic disease patients by as much as 1,000 percent: “Pharmacy benefit managers are stealing hop... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act, a bill to replace the current tax code with a national consumption tax known as the Fair Tax. The Fair Tax would repeal the current tax code and replace it with a single national consumption tax. In addition to eliminating all personal and corporate income taxes, the death tax, gift taxes, and the pa... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress: “I was proud to vote in support of Speaker Mike Johnson on the House floor. He is the right person to lead our conference as we use the mandate President-elect Trump was given by the American people to cha... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter today celebrated the signing of his Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Reauthorization Act of 2024 into law, ensuring children receive appropriate health care during a medical emergency. The bill was co-led by Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), John Joyce (R-PA), and Kim Schrier (D-WA). Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) championed this bill in the Senate. E... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) successfully pushed House Leadership to include disaster relief funding in the end of year spending package, which funds the government through March 2025 and passed the House of Representatives today. The bill includes more than $100 billion to refill the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) coffers, fund the Small Business Administrat... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved California’s waiver to implement its de facto ban on gas-powered vehicles: “The dangerously radical Biden-Harris administration is doubling down on ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today was selected by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair-Elect Brett Guthrie (R-KY) to serve as Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health for the 119th Congress. "As a pharmacist for more than forty years, I am thrilled to sit atop the Health Subcommittee for the 119th Congress under the stalwart leadership of Cha... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), Ro Khanna (CA-17), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), were joined by Paris Hilton in celebrating the passage of the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act (SICAA) in the House. The legislation, which passed the Senate last week by unanimous consent, will head to the President’... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) spoke in favor of his bill, the Never Again Education Reauthorization Act, which passed the House of Representatives today and reauthorizes a program that provides funding and resources for schools to properly educate students about the horrors of the Holocaust. Watch Rep. Carter’s remarks here Read Rep. Carter’s full remarks, as prepared for d... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter joined the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency Caucus (DOGE), a new caucus highlighting the work of and coordinating with the Department of Government Efficiency to implement legislation reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. “The American people voted for change and that is exactly what President-elect Trump is delivering with the Department of G... Read More »
