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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) introduced legislation to allow localities to seek damages from Major League Baseball (MLB) for lost revenue due to MLB's political decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game out of Georgia.  "When Major League Baseball decided to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta, they put appeasing the loudest voices on the Left over our state and… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) joined Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) and a group of House Members to send a letter to President Biden regarding a potential vaccine passport program. The letter raises specific concerns about the personal privacy and travel implications of vaccine passports, and asks a series of questions to further clarify many of these concerns. The… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) sent a letter to the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter calling out the hypocrisy of censoring "misinformation" as Big Tech participates in the disinformation campaign against Georgia's Election Integrity Act.  … Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement after the MLB announced that it is moving the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta. "The MLB is absolutely pathetic. The organization has completely caved to the lies of the Left and America's pastime has now become a political tool for the liberal mob. Let's be clear - Georgia will be losing potentially hundreds… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced the Administration's plan related to infrastructure: "America needs a strong, bipartisan infrastructure bill. Unfortunately, the Biden plan is certainly not it. Any infrastructure plan should be focused on our nation's ports, expanding rural broadband and actually improving… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they will not be partnering with the retail chain Dollar General to deliver the coronavirus vaccine. "We need to be doing everything we can to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. The use of Dollar General stores could have provided… Read more »

Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) and Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01) have introduced H.R. 2080, the Seniors Access to Vaccines Ensured (SAVE) Act of 2021.  This bipartisan bill will create a temporary Medicare non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) benefit during the length of the public health emergency to transport seniors to and from COVID-19 vaccination… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) and 43 Republican members sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra demanding answers about the unaccompanied children (UC) crossing the southern border. The letter asks for information on the processes being used to transfer UC from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities to Office of Refugee Resettlement… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today reintroduced legislation to establish and expand state strategic stockpiles to prepare for future events like the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic made it very clear that we need to be better prepared for future health emergencies," said Carter. "Over the past year, many states were not prepared to deal with the large… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) has been appointed by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) to serve a second term on the Select Committee on Climate Change. "I asked to join this select committee because climate change is real and the need to protect our environment is real," said Carter. "Congress needs to work together in a bipartisan fashion to create… Read more »