Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today funded waterline improvements in the City of Rincon, Georgia as part of the House-passed  Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026.    The bill includes $1 million to upgrade the existing 8-inch waterline, which runs from Chimney Road to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today secured $500,000 in the House-passed Commerce, Justice, and Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 for the Georgia Institute of Technology to establish a center to advance critical mineral supply chains in the United States.    This funding, which will… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today secured $67.3 million in the House-passed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, to fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ modification and maintenance of the Port of Brunswick and the Port of Savannah.   This investment is crucial to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today landed $450,000 in funding for Augusta University to develop an instrument that improves current detection methods of narcotics and other substances, including fentanyl, in the House-passed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026.    This… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after voting against a Democrat-backed three-year extension of Biden COVID Bonuses in Obamacare plans:    “Democrats wrecked health care when they passed the UnAffordable Care Act. Throwing more money at a broken system, riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse, without addressing the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced the House of Representative’s companion to U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) Fraud Accountability Act, which would explicitly add fraud as a deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The bill would also make clear that any person who commits a deportable offense,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to continue and expand its work to determine whether fraud connected to childcare programs, including recent schemes in Minnesota, may also involve improper political… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The GOP Doctors Caucus this week announced its endorsement of Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (R-GA) bipartisan bill, the PBM Reform Act, which will reduce the cost of lifesaving drugs for patients by protecting patients and pharmacies from the harmful and anticompetitive business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).   "Pharmacy Benefit Managers… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today celebrated passage of the Senate companion to his bipartisan bill, the FDA Modernization Act 3.0.   This bill will require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fully implement the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, signed into law in 2022, ensuring that safe and effective treatments are developed for patients using… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, a bill lowering health care costs and providing American citizens with more affordable coverage: “Liberal politicians like Jon Ossoff want to continue giving handouts to Big Insurance and illegal… Read more »