Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) responded to the United States Army’s announcement today that it will reduce the number of uniformed soldiers at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield by 950 as part of a national draw down of 40,000 troops. Click here to view and download Congressman Carter's reaction “With global instability on the rise and increasingly unpredictable threats, this draw down is short sighted," said Carter. "Cutting troops at this time flies in the face of reality. I be...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) voted in support of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, today to improve K-12 education and reform the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, currently known as No Child Left Behind. “As a father and grandfather, I know firsthand how important it is for our children to have access to the best education possible,” Carter said. “It’s clear, however, that our education system is not adequately serving our children and it’s not going to be fixed by Washington...
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In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld controversial subsidies offered by the Obama Administration’s Internal Revenue Service to individuals purchasing insurance on federally-maintained health care exchanges. Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), the only pharmacist in Congress, criticized the ruling and pledged to redouble his efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. “The only thing worse for health care in America than Obamacare has been its implementation which clearly ign...
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The United States House of Representatives today passed Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (GA-01) DHS FOIA Efficiency Act of 2015. The legislation unanimously passed the House and would require the Chief FOIA Officer at the Department of Homeland Security to improve and streamline the FOIA request process at the department to reduce their backlog and provide greater transparency in the FOIA process. “In what is supposed to be the most transparent administration in history, DHS has an unaccept...
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Today, Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01) joined the United States Army at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. to award Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield with the Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) Gold Award. “The award today proves what we’ve always known; Fort Stewart and Hunter are without a doubt the best army installations in the nation,” Carter said. “This award recognizes not only the best performing installation, but also the best community in the Army. As the Army considers...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) joined a bipartisan majority today in voting to assert Congress’ role in and bring transparency and accountability to international trade negotiations. The Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, H.R. 2146, would establish Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), a process by which Congress lays out requirements for trade agreements to receive expedited consideration. “I again voted for TPA today because Georgia jobs are too important to be left in the hands o...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) today joined a bipartisan majority in voting to assert Congress’ role in and bring transparency and accountability to international trade negotiations. The Trade Act, HR 1314, would establish Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), a process by which Congress lays out requirements for trade agreements to receive expedited consideration. “With two of the busiest and fastest growing ports in the nation, international trade is a critical factor in the economic pr...
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The United States House of Representatives today approved more than $452 million to preserve the present force structure of the A-10 Thunderbolt fleet. The fiscal year 2016 Defense Appropriations bill also prohibits the Air Force from placing A-10s in backup status or retirement securing protection of the 23d Wing stationed at Moody Air Force Base. Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), who represents Moody Air Force Base in Congress, has been a leader in the fight to preserve the A-10. Dur...
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The United States House of Representatives today approved more than $971 million for the Ohio-class missile submarine replacement reactor program. This is in addition to $186 million approved by the House last month. Leading to the vote today, Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) was the leader in securing this funding. He testified in front of the House Appropriations Committee and requested that the bill include funding for a replacement to the Ohio-class submarine to prevent a gap in th...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01) released the following statement today in support of Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) after his announcement regarding his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. “Johnny Isakson’s leadership is invaluable to our state and our nation. It is clear he is approaching this challenge like he has approached every other: refusing to let anything get in the way of his unyielding desire to do the most good for the people he serves.”
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