WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s visit to the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta today. “I find it ironic that President Obama discussed college affordability and access to quality higher education in Atlanta when, under his watch, education costs have skyrocketed leaving last year’s graduating class the most indebted ever. Today, nearly two-thirds of students graduating from American college...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) released the following statement today after voting against the Senate Amendment to H.R. 240 to fund the Department of Homeland Security with no restrictions on President Obama’s executive actions on amnesty. “I voted against this legislation today because this vote was about more than funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote today was about securing the separation of powers and protecting the Constitution. If we do not fight the Presid...
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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01) released the following video after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel's third address to Congress. The video may also be found here. The full text of the speech is below: This morning, I had the honor to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s third address to Congress. As the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel is one of our closest and most important allies. Prime Minister Netanyahu is a great friend of ou...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) released the following statement today after supporting H. J. Res. 35, the House passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security at current levels through March 19, 2015. “It should have never come to this. The House passed legislation more than forty days ago to responsibly fund the Department of Homeland Security and stop the President’s unconstitutional and dangerous executive orders on immigration. Instead of swiftly and responsibly acting t...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) released the following statement after President Obama’s decision to veto legislation to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, passed both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support. “It is an outrage that President Obama has decided to let his political pettiness stand in the way of thousands of jobs and lower energy prices for the American people. “The President even had the audacity to say that the legislatio...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Farmers impacted by last year’s severe drought in some South Georgia Counties are now eligible for assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). Atkinson, Coffee and Ware Counties were designated by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack as primary natural disaster areas due to production losses caused by dry weather and drought last year. Additionally, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Pierce...
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01) released the following statement after United States District Judge Andrew Hanen granted a preliminary injunction to block President Obama's executive overreach on immigration. The decision allows a lawsuit from twenty-six states, including Georgia, aimed at permanently stopping the executive orders to move through the courts. “This is a welcome announcement as the President himself said he did not have the authority to move forward w...
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) announced today that the 63d Expeditionary Signal Battalion will be restationed at Fort Stewart. The Army’s planned force structure will bring 492 soldiers and their families to the post. “We work every day to attract new missions to our installations and this is great news for our area,” said Carter. “We know Fort Stewart is the premiere Army installation in the country and I am proud of the great work the men and women on post are d...
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) released the following statement today after the United States House of Representatives passed S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, with Carter’s support. The legislation would remove bureaucratic hurdles that stand in the way of construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline. “I am proud to vote again today to approve this important project that will create over 40,000 jobs without a dime of taxpayer funding to help pull eager Ameri...
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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) voted in favor of H.R. 596 today to fully repeal Obamacare. The legislation was passed by the House this afternoon. “Today, I voted to repeal the health care law that is destroying the healthcare system that I proudly worked in for thirty years,” Carter said. “As a small business owner and healthcare professional, I have seen firsthand that many Georgians can no longer afford the astronomical costs of healthcare and they are forced to skip visits to the...
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