Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced federal grants to support health centers in Savannah, Brunswick, Ludowici and Waycross during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health Center Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding will support health centers in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19. The funding will also help health centers maintain or increase capacity and staffing levels during the public health emergency. The funding is provided by...
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Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.), Annie Kuster (D-Nh.), Richard Hudson (R-Nc.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-De.) introduced legislation to prevent scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous scams across the country. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been working together to stop fraud, including companies making false claims about COVID-19 treatments and prevention or scammers securing fina...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement on the passing of Georgia State Senator Jack Hill: "I sat next to Jack Hill in the Georgia State Senate for five years. He was one of my political and personal mentors. Losing Jack is an incredible loss for me and the State of Georgia. For 30 years, Jack served Georgians with immense dedication and kindness. He was a brilliant servant of the people and he fought for his constituents each and every day. Above all, though,...
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Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Il.), Ron Kind (D-Wi.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Susan Wild (D-Pa.), and David Joyce (R-Oh.) announced today that language from their legislation, H.R. 2150, the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019, was signed into law as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. This new law allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other professionals to order home health services for beneficia...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced federal Community Development Block Grants for Brunswick, Hinesville, Valdosta and Savannah in the First District of Georgia. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Community Development Block Grant provides flexible funding to states and local governments for a range of services to address coronavirus impacts at the community level. Additionally, Savannah will receive an Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG). Ac...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) has successfully worked with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase production of over-the-counter hand sanitizers during the coronavirus pandemic with the use of compounding pharmacies. Currently, there are prohibitions on pharmacies compounding anything that is “essentially a copy” of a commercially available drug product, including hand sanitizers. After working with Carter, the FDA has announced compounding pharmacies will be permit...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today joined other Members of Congress from Congressional districts with major ties to travel and tourism to ensure Congressional leadership includes the hardworking Americans in these industries as Congress moves forward with coronavirus response proposals. In a letter the Members wrote, "as members from districts with major ties to travel and tourism, we are deeply concerned about the communities and businesses that have been devastated by the total s...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today applauded President Trump's decision to declare a national emergency and take other measures to address the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump announced this will open up billions of dollars for state and local response efforts. "President Trump made the right decision to declare a national emergency today," said Carter."President Trump and the administration are taking decisive and necessary action to address the coronavirus pandemic. The nati...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced more than $15 million from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Georgia's state and local coronavirus response. This funding comes after Congress passed an approximately $8 billion funding package last week to support the nation's response to the coronavirus with Carter's support. "One of the important reasons I voted in support of the emergency coronavirus funding packa...
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The United States House of Representatives today approved a $7.8 billion emergency spending measure to support the coronavirus response with Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter's (R-Ga.) support. "I am relieved that Washington Democrats put their political games on hold and we were able to approve this clean funding bill to fight the coronavirus today," said Carter. "This funding will work to make diagnostic tests more widely available, invest in vaccine development, prevent potential medical sup...
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