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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) applauded the Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing a bipartisan bill to protect children suffering from birth defects and other developmental disorders. H.R. 5551, the Improving the Health of Children Act, will reauthorize the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) called on President Joe Biden to abandon his unconstitutional vaccine mandate thrusting private businesses into their employee's private medical decisions. “Not only does this force business owners into the role of vaccine police but it will also exacerbate the labor shortage and supply chain crisis created by… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans are calling on the Biden Administration to defend American businesses amidst the Mexican government’s efforts to nationalize its energy sector by seizing American-owned assets and cancelling permits in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a letter to key Biden Administration officials, 40 House Republicans led by… Read more »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a new proposal aimed at making hearing aid technology more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans. The move comes four years after U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter shepherded legislation through Congress calling on the agency to bring down the cost of hearing aids by making them available… Read more »

Georgia’s Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are united in opposition to a federally-imposed vaccine mandate for colleges and schools. In a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the delegation made clear that decisions regarding mask adherence and vaccine adoption should be left to patients, families, and their doctors. “The pandemic has upended… Read more »

US Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, R.P.h., along with 14 other health care providers in Congress sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging the agency to acknowledge natural immunity from COVID-19. "It is important for the CDC to provide accurate information and recognize natural immunity to COVID-19 as a legitimate consideration when… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter is continuing his fight against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, warning it could exacerbate workforce shortages at hospitals and nursing homes.   In letter to President Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brookes, Carter and… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), currently the only two pharmacists serving in Congress, today introduced legislation to block the Biden Administration’s proposed vaccine mandate for private employers.  The Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden’s Overreaching Mandates Act would prohibit the federal government from forcing private sector… Read more »

U.S Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Jim Hagedorn (R-MN) today introduced a resolution disapproving of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) action in closing the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia, Minnesota that will outsource manufacturing jobs to communist China while encouraging MLB to buy American-made products.   In July, Rawlings Sporting Goods, owned by the… Read more »

U.S. Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter is urging Georgians to heed a recently issued Public Safety Alert by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) warning about an increase in counterfeit prescriptions in pills containing fentanyl and meth. “We have an epidemic on our hands,” said Carter. “These deadly fake pills are increasingly easy to purchase and widely… Read more »