WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, by a vote of 312 to 108.
“As Republicans work to fix the previous Administration’s border crisis… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing titled Combatting Existing and Emerging Illicit Drug Threats.
Subcommittee Chairman Carter's opening statement as prepared for delivery:
“As we gavel in the first Energy and Commerce… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement after President Trump signed his first bill, the Laken Riley Act, into law:
“Law and order is being restored in this nation. President Trump was sent to Washington with a mandate to secure our southern border, and he has already taken a critical step to do so by signing this bill into law. Laken… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Ron Estes (R-KS) today introduced the HEALTH Panel Act, a bill strengthening congressional oversight of, and statutory authority for, the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Panel of Health Advisers.
The bill will help improve the accuracy of CBO’s scores on bills related to health care by codifying the Panel of Health… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries today held a legislative hearing on the Undersea Cable Protection Act, led by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a bill that strengthens national security and global connectivity by safeguarding the United States’ submarine cable infrastructure.
The bill… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced it will subject 15 additional prescription drugs to government price controls by unelected bureaucrats:
“The so-called Inflation ‘Reduction’ Act takes patients out of the frying pan and into the fire – leading to higher list… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced the Disaster Reforestation Act, a bill to help working forests recover from a natural disaster by amending the tax code to recognize the value of destroyed timber.
The current tax code disadvantages forest landowners by restricting their ability to claim loss from destroyed timber, harming their ability to reforest… Read more »
SAVANNAH – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) invites students and community members across Georgia’s First Congressional District to join him this Valentine’s Day in thanking first responders for the hard work they do to protect their community by participating in his fourth annual “Friends of the First” campaign.
Rep. Carter visits with firefighters during Friends of the First… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today successfully urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to rescind a proposed jobs-killing speed restriction for boats 35’ to 65’ along the Atlantic Coast.
The move comes after boaters, harbor pilots, and business owners raised concerns that the new safety regulations, nobly designed to protect the North… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Julia Letlow (R-LA) today introduced the Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act, a bill that reinstates a Trump-era policy which increases health care options and lowers costs for Americans, following the Biden Administration’s… Read more »
