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E&C Chair Rodgers Appoints Buddy Carter as new Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair

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Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced today that Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) will serve as Chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, replacing Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), who is retiring from Congress later this month. “Energy and Commerce Republicans are leading on solutions to…

Carter announced as Conservative Climate Caucus Vice Chair

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Washington, D.C. — Today, the Conservative Climate Caucus announced additional leadership positions for the 118th Congress by adding five new Vice Chairs: Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Greg Murphy (R-NC), Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR). Representative John Curtis (R-UT) will continue as Chair. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) was…

Carter announces third annual “Friends of the First” campaign

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SAVANNAH - Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) invites 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 third annual “Friends of the First” campaign. Carter delivers…

Carter, Castor, Joyce, Schrier introduce Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), John Joyce (R-PA), and Kim Schrier (D-WA) today introduced the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Reauthorization Act of 2024, a critical piece of legislation that will ensure children receive appropriate health care during a medical emergency. Established in 1984, EMSC is the only…

CMS Implements Carter-Schakowsky Law to Cut Costs for Lymphedema Patients

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a rule to allow Medicare Part B coverage of doctor-prescribed compression garments, the clinically recognized treatment for lymphedema. This rule was made possible by the passage of the Lymphedema Treatment Act, authored by U.S. Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Jan…

Carter highlights GA-01 wins in final FY24 National Defense Authorization Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), appointee to the conference committee on the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), successfully secured a pay raise for U.S. troops, protected TRICARE beneficiaries’ access to their local pharmacy, and provided federal distinction for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler in the final bill, which passed…

Carter, Matsui support patient’s access to telemedicine for vital prescriptions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) today sent a letter to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram voicing support for the agency’s temporary rules allowing patients to continue to be prescribed controlled substances via telemedicine, as clinically appropriate, and advocating for swift issuance of a final rule that…

Carter, Barragan, Miller-Meeks urge Biden administration to protect patients’ access to life-saving medications

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) today led a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su urging them to protect patients’ access to life-saving medications by…

House passes Carter bills to increase health care access, affordability

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, which included two of Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (R-GA) bills reining in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the shadowy middlemen that drive up costs for prescription medications and create barriers to care. The bills sponsored by…

WATCH: Carter advocates for more resources for premature babies, mothers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) spoke in favor of H.R. 3226, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2023, which passed the House today in a bipartisan manner and will help address Georgia’s high rates of preterm births and infant mortality. The PREEMIE Act, which Rep. Carter proudly cosponsors, will reauthorize critical programs that expand research and education into…