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ICYMI: Inflation freezes at unsustainably high level

| Posted in Buddy's Budget Blog

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

| Posted in Press Releases

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

| Posted in Press Releases

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

| Posted in Press Releases

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…

Carter secures water, conservation wins for first district

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) this week secured several wins for conservation and water system improvements in Georgia’s First Congressional District as part of the House-passed Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The bill included $1.75 million for Springfield, GA’s Sewer Force Main Construction project,…

Carter hosts cybersecurity roundtable with local business, government leaders

| Posted in Press Releases

BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hosted state and local government, academic, and private sector leaders in a cybersecurity roundtable today to discuss emerging cyber threats, tools, and available federal resources. Carter delivers…

ICYMI: Carter bill to put naloxone in schools inspires federal guidance

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the Biden administration sent a letter urging schools to carry naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, to protect students from fentanyl poisonings and opioid overdoses. As a pharmacist, I was glad to see our president finally taking some action on the fentanyl crisis, which is killing almost 200 people per day in this country. If a plane crashed today and…

Carter lands funding for Brunswick Harbor in House-passed bill

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today successfully procured $11.4 million to fund the Corps of Engineers’ construction phase of the Brunswick Harbor Modification Project. This vital investment in the nation’s second busiest port for import and export Ro/Ro cargo will modify the existing federal navigation channel at the Port of Brunswick, making the port more…

Carter on Johnson Speakership: “Let’s get to work!”

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) won the gavel in a Wednesday afternoon House floor vote: “Today is a good day for America. Speaker Mike Johnson has proven that he can unite and lead our conference, which is what our country needs right now. He is a stalwart conservative, constitutional…

Carter cosponsors Bipartisan Resolution Standing with Israel, condemns Hamas terrorists

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WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter today joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) in cosponsoring a resolution standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists and condemning Hamas’ brutal war against Israel. “Our strongest ally in the…