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U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter welcomed the final report of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the capsizing of the roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier Golden Ray near the Port of Brunswick in September 2019, saying it highlighted the work of those involved in the initial response.   “This report underscores how lucky we are to have had… Read more »

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today blocked an effort by U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) to ban additional funding to schools teaching Critical Race Theory.    "Critical Race Theory is destructive and rejects fundamental ideas on which our constitutional republic is based," said Carter. "This horrible ideology has no place in… Read more »

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to pause taxpayer funding for gain-of-function research over the next five years. Without proper safety standards and protocols, gain-of-function research creates an immense risk of man-made, deadly pathogens entering our communities.   Gain-of-function research is the study of the… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, is joining the effort to protect American Taxpayers by cosponsoring the Prohibiting Assistance to the Taliban Act. The legislation will ban American taxpayer dollars from being used for foreign aid or economic assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan.  "It is truly unbelievable that the Biden Administration wants to jeopardize the future… Read more »

Rep Carter on Expanding Hunting and Fishing Opportunities The U.S. Department of the Interior through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening or expanding hunting and fishing opportunities at 88 national wildlife refuges and one national fish hatchery across approximately 2.1 million acres.  This final rule represents the most significant opening and expansion of hunting… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, released the following statement after the introduction of legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 American military servicemembers who were killed in a terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021: "I am honored to join this effort to bestow the highest… Read more »

Rep Carter Opposes COVID Vaccine Mandate For Troops U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) joined nearly twenty of his colleagues in calling on U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to abandon plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for members of the military.  Secretary Austin confirmed reports of a vaccine mandate Monday, August 8, 2021, saying the Department of… Read more »

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) led over 50 members of Congress in supporting an amicus brief filed today to the U.S. District Court, Northern District Court of Georgia in the upcoming case United States v. Georgia. The brief urges the court to uphold Georgia’s election integrity bill (SB 202), citing the state’s constitutional authority to enact updates to its… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced the Empowering Law Enforcement Act to provide backup to federal immigration enforcement officials hamstrung by the Biden Administration.   If enacted, Carter’s proposal would grant state and local law enforcement inherent immigration enforcement authority to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain or… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated mask guidance recommending vaccinated individuals wear masks indoors:   “The best protection against COVID-19 is a vaccine. Period. Today’s guidance reeks of political meddling by an administration that won’t let science get in its… Read more »