Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) acted today to further his mission of eliminating the abuse at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). To prevent additional politically motivated targeting scandals by the IRS like the "accidental" leak by an IRS employee of personal information of donors to the National Organization for Marriage to the Huffington Post, Carter voted in support of legislation to prohibit the agency from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the n...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) voted today to prevent a bailout in Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. "Due to years of mismanagement and financial abuse, Puerto Rico is in crisis and time is running out," Carter said. "Billions of dollars in debt, the government could soon fail to provide even basic humanitarian services to its citizens like keeping schools and public hospitals open. At no fault of their own, Americans on the island are suffering and hardworking citizens...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) discussed opioid addiction and prescription drug abuse on C-SPAN's Washington Journal as a member of the House-Senate Conference Committee to resolve differences over the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. During the segment, Carter answered questions from live callers and shared the gravity of this epidemic from the perspective of the only pharmacist in Congress: "The leading cause of accidental death now in America is opioid abuse, it’s drug ab...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) discussed the long wait times at TSA security check points on Fox Business Network's CAVUTO: Coast to Coast today. Click here to view or download the interview.
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Today, Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced legislation to better inform patients, doctors, and pharmacists on prescription drug dispensing. The Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act, H.R. 5314, would require federal agencies to improve training programs and materials to better educate pharmacists and health professionals on the circumstances under which they are allowed by law to decline to fill a prescription for a controlle...
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The United States House of Representatives acted today to advance Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter's (Ga-01) legislation to allow the expansion of the Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island. The House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on Carter's legislation paving the way for passage out of the Committee leading to consideration by the full House. Carter's legislation, H.R. 3480, will increase the maximum number of acres that may be included in the monument from 250...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) supported legislation today which provides $30.9 million to support a new hangar bay at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, to expand the combat search and rescue missions at the base. Combat search and rescue missions are a critical component of the 23d Wing, the Air Combat Command wing currently stationed at Moody. These missions find and rescue service members in or near combat zones and are performed by a force of helicopters, ground-attack ...
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The United States House of Representatives greenlit a program vital to the future of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay by beginning construction on the next generation of submarines. Construction is set to begin on a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) which will one day replace the existing Ohio-class SSBNs such as those currently homeported at the base. Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01), who represents Kings Bay and Camden County in Congress, has been a leader in the fig...
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The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted legislation which, among other things, ensures TRICARE beneficiaries are able to use the pharmacy of their choice. Currently, the Pilot Program from Prescription Drug Acquisition Costs for TRICARE benefits is able to be used by TRICARE beneficiaries for prescription drugs filled at retail pharmacies. Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) sponsored an amendment to the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to ensure small pharmaci...
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The United States House of Representatives passed legislation today to protect the A-10 Thunderbolt. The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) prohibits the A-10 from being retired or placed in storage. Additionally, the legislation requires the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 171 A-10 aircrafts designated as primary mission aircraft inventory and prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from making any significant reductions to manning levels with respect to any A-10 air...
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