U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), and U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), are urging the Pentagon to consider Savannah as home to a new fleet of C-130Js. In a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, Perdue, Loeffler, and Carter encouraged the Air Force to select the 165th Airlift Wing (AW) to transition to C-130Js. “We strongly endorse the selection of the 165th Airlift Wing at the Savannah Air National Guard Base to be the first unit chosen for t...
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Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.), along with Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Tx.), John Rose (R-Tn.), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Il.) led 115 members of the United States House of Representatives in a request to House and Senate Leadership to provide relief for pharmacies facing clawback fees as they work to serve patients during the pandemic. The bipartisan push requests that language to permanently prohibit pharmacy direct and indirec...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) has signed on to a resolution establishing a bicameral, bipartisan joint select committee to investigate the origins of and China’s handling of the 2019 novel coronavirus. "We know China has lied and covered up important information about COVID-19 since the beginning," said Carter. "Now, thousands of Americans have died, people have lost their jobs and the world has been turned upside down. Congress has the responsibility to investigate the origins of t...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) voted today to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which ran out of money last week after Washington Democrats blocked a clean funding bill to support the program. The PPP is a new loan product created by the CARES Act for businesses with less than 500 employees that will be eligible for forgiveness if the business maintains payroll continuity and if the money is used on payroll costs, mortgage interest, rent or utility payments. This loan ...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today sent a request to President Donald J. Trump urging the Administration to support local media during the pandemic. In the letter, Carter and several of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives requested that the Administration direct federal spending on advertising to local media outlets and incentivize a portion of stimulus funds provided to businesses for their recovery efforts for advertising on local media. The members wrote, "The CO...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today joined colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to request a status update and guidance on Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for small businesses economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Carter has been meeting with small businesses in the First District and learning of concerns regarding EIDL processing. Carter joined this effort today to get answers. In a letter to Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza, the members wrote...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced that Georgia will receive more than $100 million in federal funding for schools impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be directed to the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund which was authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to the Department of Education, the GEER Fund is flexible funding designed to enable governors to decide how best to meet the needs of student...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced federal funding for airports in the First District of Georgia experiencing severe economic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was supported by Carter in the United States Congress. "This funding will be distributed to airports to respond to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Carter. "Airports can use this to cover any need...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced federal assistance for college students impacted by the coronavirus in the First District of Georgia. The United States Department of Education will be distributing funding immediately to colleges and universities to provide direct emergency cash grants to college students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by the pandemic. The funding is available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which ...
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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked a clean, standalone funding bill to replenish funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): "This is unbelievable. I hear from small businesses in the First District every single day that they are struggling and need help. The Paycheck Protection Program was created by Congress to deliver the assistance small businesses and hardworking Americans desperately need. The program has been s...
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