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PHOTO RELEASE: Georgia’s Carter, Williams make good on Chick-Fil-A wager after Alabama’s shocking SEC Championship upset win

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Nikema Williams (D-GA) made good on a friendly wager with Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Robert Aderholt (R-AL) by providing a lunch of Georgia’s own Chick-Fil-A recognizing the University of Alabama’s surprise upset win against the University of Georgia in Saturday’s SEC Championship game. “I’m a man of my word, but…

Wasserman Schultz, Carter, Schrier, Miller-Meeks Introduce Social Media Child Safety Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) announced the introduction of Sammy’s Law, critical child safety legislation which would help parents be better informed about a child’s dangerous interactions on social…

Carter introduces bill funding Holocaust education

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) today introduced the Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023, a bill to reauthorize a program that provides funding and resources for schools to properly educate students about the Holocaust.…

White House heeds Carter’s warning to increase American-made medicines and reduce drug shortages

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House announced new actions to strengthen America’s pharmaceutical supply chains and address prescription drug shortages following Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (R-GA) leadership on these issues as a pharmacist by trade and Chair of the Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Caucus. Currently, the U.S. is experiencing a shortage of over 240 essential…

Carter, Rodgers slam TikTok for spreading terrorist propaganda, antisemitism following Hamas attack on Israel

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led a letter today to TikTok CEO Shou Chew demanding action to combat the platform’s spread of terrorist propaganda and antisemitic content surrounding Hamas’ attack on Israel. The letter, signed by 25 members, comes as videos on the Chinese Communist Party…

ICYMI: Inflation freezes at unsustainably high level

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The October Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released Tuesday showed that the sky-high inflation that has defined President Biden’s administration is still hurting consumers. It’s nearly double the rate of inflation that President Biden inherited when he took office, and the American people are paying $709 more for the same goods they could purchase just two years ago. In Case You…

Carter bill renaming Hinesville VA Clinic after local heroes passes House

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic,” championed by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and supported by every member of the Georgia Congressional Delegation, passed the House today. H.R. 593 honors four Liberty County…

Carter urges house office buildings to stock naloxone as fentanyl crisis rages on

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, today sent a letter to the Committee on House Administration, the Office of Attending Physician, and the Architect of the Capitol urging them to stock FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents, such as naloxone, in House of Representative Office Buildings near defibrillators. This comes as the fentanyl…

Carter procures funding for Nahunta to improve wastewater collection and treatment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) procured funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants program last week to improve wastewater collection and treatment system in Nahunta, Georgia. USDA awarded the City of Nahunta a $2.812 million grant and $2.126 million loan to fund this project, which will…