WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after voting against H. Con. Res. 38, supporting American troops in response to an imminent foreign threat: “Our troops are risking their lives, with some already making the ultimate sacrifice, to protect the United States against the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism. Iran wants death for America and w... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) today celebrated the Energy and Commerce Committee’s advancement of their bipartisan Sammy’s Law Act, a bill requiring large social media companies to monitor for potentially dangerous online activity involving children under the age of 17. Sammy’s Law is a bill safeguarding children online by informing pare... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today praised the passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, The Farm Bill, out of the House Committee on Agriculture, which includes hard-fought wins and recognitions for Georgia farmers. Included in this bill is Rep. Carter’s request for a study on the Hurricane Insurance Protection – Wind Index (HIP-WI) program and renamin... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today sent the following statement regarding military combat operations in Iran: "President Trump acted squarely within his constitutional authority to strike Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, responsible for the oppression and murder of thousands of its own people. Iran was given every opportunity to choose diplomacy, with ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) tonight sent the below statement following President Trump’s first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress of his second term: “Tonight, Democrats – including Jon Ossoff – refused to stand up for the American people. “They stayed seated when President Trump pronounced that our southern border is closed, zero illegal immigrants... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against the President's legal authority to enact global tariffs: "The Supreme Court just undercut the President’s ability to defend American workers. President Donald Trump was elected to fight unfair trade and stop the United States from being ri... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced the Growing America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Act, a bill that will alleviate drug shortages by giving outsourcing facilities the certainty necessary to invest in producing these medications. Currently, when a drug is listed on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug shortage list, 503B outsourcing facilities are statutorily perm... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging the Department to investigate the use of foreign-based Remote Assistance Operators (RAOs) by autonomous vehicle companies, particularly Waymo, operating on public roads in the United States. This letter comes after Waymo’s Chief Safety Officer stated, durin... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today celebrated the House of Representatives passing their Undersea Cable Protection Act, a bill strengthening national security and global connectivity by safeguarding the United States’ submarine cable infrastructure. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, accomplishes these goals by ensuring diversity o... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today lauded the House of Representatives’ passage of the SAVE America Act, a bill safeguarding U.S. election integrity by requiring proof of citizenship and a photo identification (ID) to vote. According to an August 2025 Pew Research Center Poll, 83% of Americans support voter ID laws. “We know illegal immigrants are exploiting flaws in our v... Read More »
Rep. Carter speaks on the House floor Watch the Floor Remarks Here "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 261, the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025. "Undersea fiber optic cables carry roughly 95 percent of all intercontinental internet traffic and nearly all transoceanic digital communications. "Trillions of dollars in financial transactions - trillions! Global trade data, cloud co... Read More »
Rep. Carter speaks on the House floor Watch the Floor Remarks Here "Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong and unapologetic support of the SAVE America Act - legislation that defends the integrity of our elections and makes one principle perfectly clear: U.S. elections are for U.S. citizens ONLY. "This is not extreme; It's common sense. Citizenship matters. Sovereignty matters, and Americans alone m... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), alongside Reps. Rick Allen (R-GA) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA), today introduced the Farmers’ AID Relief Act, amending the Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) program to better serve farmers affected by hurricane damage. The HIP-WI program is a wind-based insurance option managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and designed... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced the No Sanctuary Cities Act, a bill ensuring dangerous criminal illegal immigrants are not safeguarded by “sanctuary” city or state policies. The bill requires state and local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities by: Sharing custody and release information for illegal immigrants; Holding certain detaine... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Nick Langworthy (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), and Mike Carey (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act to encourage innovative drug development targeting the most threatening infections, improve the appropriate use of antibiotics and antifungals, and ens... Read More »
