WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced a resolution condemning the violent March 5th, 2023 “Stop Cop City” attacks on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which led to destruction of property with weapons including Molotov cocktails and 23 domestic terrorism charges. Only two of those arrested are from the state of Georgia.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - During Thursday’s Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing where TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified about his popular social media app, which is partly owned by the Chinese Communist Party and poses a grave threat to both children’s health and national security, Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) spoke boldly in defense of our nation’s youth.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC), Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to end spread pricing in Medicaid programs, which leads to low reimbursement rates for pharmacies and artificially raises… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (R-GA) bill to boost domestic critical mineral processing was included in House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, which was released this week and represents the House of Representatives’ top legislative priority for the 118th Congress.
Rep. Carter’s bill, H.R. 1070, enhances America’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Pete Sessions (R-TX) this week introduced the bipartisan Dental and Optometric Care Access (DOC Access) Act to provide fairness in contracts between health care providers and vision and dental insurers, thereby increasing the quality of care for patients and eliminating anti-competitive practices.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jared Golden (D-ME), and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) introduced the Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023 to ensure that rural Americans and seniors have access to important information about their prescription medications and to protect the jobs of hardworking Georgians.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) this week reintroduced the bipartisan Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act. This bill will bolster the United States' nuclear energy sector while inhibiting our adversaries' nuclear capabilities, including both China and the Russian Federation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Darren Soto (D-FL) this week established the Vehicle Data Access Caucus, a bipartisan forum for productive conversations about how vehicle data is collected and controlled.
Every vehicle, ranging from postal delivery trucks, public buses, first responder vehicles, tractors, or personal cars, generates information that is… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf calling for the FDA to make naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, available without a prescription.
Our current fentanyl crisis has already killed more than 71,000 people, with tens of thousands of additional lives saved… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Diana DeGette (D-CO) this week introduced the Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act to protect patients from harmful insurance and pharmacy benefit manager practices that raise patient out-of-pocket drug costs.
The bipartisan HELP Copays Act would prohibit the use of “copay… Read more »
