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Carter lands safety, traffic funding for College of Coastal Georgia

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BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $1.5 million for the College of Coastal Georgia’s construction of a Campus Loop Road as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will improve campus safety and traffic flow by constructing a single outer loop road that provides access to…

Carter, Barragán, LaHood, Tonko introduce bill providing Alzheimer’s and dementia education resources to primary care physicians

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) today introduced the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training (AADAPT) Act, a bill that would provide Alzheimer’s and dementia education and training to more primary care providers, improving detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s…

Subcommittee Chair Carter introduces bill reversing negative impacts of Biden’s jobs-killing air quality standards

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced H.R. 7650, the Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024, a bill that makes practical changes to reform the broken process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and implement the National Ambient…

Carter snags Belfast Keller Road improvement grant for Richmond Hill

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RICHMOND HILL – Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) secured $4.78 million for the Georgia Department of Transportation for I-95 interchange improvements at Belfast Keller Road as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will support the joint effort between the City of Richmond Hill and Bryan…

Carter acquires funding for Brunswick Harbor Modification

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BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured $11.35 million for the Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) construction phase of the Brunswick Harbor Modifications project as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This funding will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to modify the existing federal navigation channel at…

Carter supports passage of bill to combat CCP surveillance of Americans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which he was proud to cosponsor: “Hostile foreign nations should not have control over any application that mines and stores American users’ data - period. I am…

Carter introduces permanent telehealth for seniors bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Greg Steube (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), and Joe Morelle (D-NY) today introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 to permanently extend telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries. This bill will ensure permanent access to…

ICYMI: State of the Union Response

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Biden was supposed to deliver a State of the Union speech last week, but ended up hosting a Washington Democrat pep rally on the House floor instead. Needless to say, I was disappointed.  The American people needed to hear three things from the President during his address: his plan to secure the border, his budget outline, and his national security…

Carter cosponsors resolution to support protection of IVF treatments

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) cosponsored a resolution led by Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Michelle Steel (R-CA), and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) that expresses support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 19 percent of women face infertility. As stated in the resolution, IVF has proven to be…

Carter reacts to SOTU: "This President is putting America last"

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) gave the following response today after President Biden delivered his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress: “Early on, I said I needed to hear three things from President Biden tonight: his plan to secure the border, an outline of his budget, which was due February 5th, and his national security strategy.…