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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) introduced legislation today to better understand and develop facial recognition technology in the United States. Carter's Advancing Facial Recognition Act ensures the development of facial recognition technology balances both America's leadership role in this technology and consumer protections while identifying and mitigating risks to… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced federal grants for First District health centers to expand COVID-19 testing.  The health centers receiving funding include: Coastal Community Health Services in Brunswick - $197,464 Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care in Savannah - $441,994 Diversity Health Center in Ludowici - $206,719 JC Lewis… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) introduced legislation today to direct the Secretaries of State and Health and Human Services to investigate the World Health Organization (WHO) for the following: the failures of the WHO to address the spread of the virus responsible for COVID–19; the extent to which the WHO withheld information from Member States of the… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »