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Carter, Cornyn, Tuberville, Merkley, and Khanna Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to End Children's Abuse in Residential Treatment Centers

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  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) teamed up with U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to introduce the bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill would provide greater oversight and data transparency for institutional youth…

Carter: "Our credit cards are maxed out."

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) took to the House floor on Wednesday to deliver remarks in support of the House Republicans' Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023. This legislation will slash unnecessary government spending, reduce bloated and redundant Washington programs, and restore fiscal sanity to Washington, D.C. Rep. Carter's remarks: "Let me begin by…

Carter distributes drug safety materials, calls for more resources for illicit fentanyl poisoning victims during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

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BRUNSWICK, GA – In recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, on Monday distributed drug safety pocket cards to local schools and called for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to provide survivor resources to the families of victims of illicit fentanyl poisoning. …

Carter, Soto, Cartwright, Miller Reintroduce Proposal to Encourage America's Pharmaceutical Independence from China

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Carol Miller (R-WV), and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) today reintroduced a bill to make the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain less dependent on China and other foreign adversaries. According to the Food and Drug Administration, approximately 72 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used in the U.S. drug…

Carter, Pettersen bill to make permanent the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences passes House

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) today celebrated the House’s passage of their bipartisan bill, the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) Codification Act. The bill strengthens the statutory authority of the ITS testing center, which is essential for informing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s…

ICYMI: Why the establishment is TERRIFIED of FairTax

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HENDERSONVILLE, TN - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) last week sat down with former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, host of The Mike Huckabee Show on TBN, to discuss H.R. 25, the FairTax, which will eliminate the IRS and federal payroll and income taxes in favor of a simple, efficient consumption tax. This will allow Americans to keep the entirety of their hard-earned…

Carter speaks on bipartisan panel at national opioid summit

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ATLANTA, GA -- The 2023 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit featured a congressional panel on day two of the 12th annual conference led by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05), Dean of the House, who launched the national summit to help combat America's deadly epidemic. Congressman Rogers was joined by Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), David Trone (D-MD), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), and Andrew Clyde…

Carter, Cuellar, Gallagher introduce bill to ban taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today introduced the bipartisan Pausing Enhanced Pandemic Pathogen Research Act to ban taxpayer dollars from funding gain-of-function research for five years, allowing…

Carter successfully pushes FDA to approve naloxone for over the counter use

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) successfully lobbied the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to increase access to Emergent Biosolution’s life-saving opioid overdose reversal nasal spray, sold under the brand name Narcan, for use without a prescription. Naloxone nasal spray is a safe, easy to use treatment that is proven “to reduce medical emergencies, drug…

Carter Launches Bipartisan Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Caucus

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) officially launched the bipartisan Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Caucus for the 118th Congress.  The caucus will focus on advancing legislation that incentivizes more domestic production for essential medicines to reduce…