WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will now allow authorized, state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid, an oral treatment for COVID-19.
Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, sees this Emergency Use Authorization expansion as the necessary link between COVID-19 patients and treatment:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the urging of Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), the House Appropriations Committee included an additional $16 million in the President’s FY2023 budget to promote the aviation manufacturing industry's safety, innovation, and job security.
The package will now include an additional $6 million for staffing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the states, including Georgia, in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), determining that the Obama Administration’s sweeping environmental restrictions violated executive authority.
Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) signed a “friend of the court” brief in December advocating for this ruling.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) reacted to today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the federal abortion protections in Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood in favor of states’ rights:
“Millions of children have been silent victims of a decades-long siege on their right to life. The heartbeats… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the face of a nationwide mental health crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives, with support from Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), today passed the bipartisan Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, which will improve school safety for young Americans and provide necessary aid to those suffering from severe mental illness.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The entire Georgia Congressional delegation, led by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to house the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) headquarters in Georgia.
In the letter, which was also sent to the White House and Acting… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee released a report denying the Biden Administration’s FY2023 budget request to close the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC).
This comes after months of advocacy from Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), who disputed the Air Force’s assessment that the center was underutilized.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today introduced the bipartisan Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act, alongside Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA). This legislation 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.– Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), a member of the Budget Committee, gave the following statement after the House Budget Committee quietly passed a $1.6 trillion “deeming resolution” instead of fulfilling their legal obligation to pass a budget:
“Washington’s budgeting process is broken. You shouldn’t need a law degree to understand how the government plans to spend… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major win for patients, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today unanimously approved to launch an inquiry examining pharmacy benefit managers' (PBMs) unfair and deceptive business practices.
This announcement comes after years of advocacy from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, who recently wrote a letter to the FTC calling for an investigation… Read more »
