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Yesterday, Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) and members of the GOP Doctors Caucus wrote to President Biden and COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients urging them to work with governors to get students back in the classroom as quickly as possible. “Many children rely on their schools for key socialization, education, and nutritional health services. The abrupt transition… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) has been selected to serve on the House Budget Committee for the 117th Congress. "The House Budget Committee is more important right now than ever," said Carter. "As Democrats move a 'budget' that is a blank check for the policies of the left and is empty of real long-term budgeting, we need to fight back. Congress owes Americans a… Read more »

Following reports this weekend that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay would be offered the COVID-19 vaccine, Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today joined colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to prohibit the federal government from providing the vaccine to detainees at Guantanamo Bay ahead of Americans.  "It's unbelievable that we need to… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement on the impeachment proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives:  "In 2017, Democrats in Congress objected to more state electoral certifications than Republicans did last week. Since then, they have been pushing their divisive impeachment narrative and already put the country through one… Read more »

President Donald J. Trump has signed into law legislation introduced by Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) to name the Post Office Building at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia as the Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building. “For five years it was my honor to sit next to Jack Hill in the Georgia State Senate. He was a close friend and mentor to me and I miss him very… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) has introduced H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act, to replace the current tax code with a national consumption tax known as the Fair Tax. "My first act as a member of Congress was co-sponsoring the Fair Tax," said Carter. "Following the retirement of my friend and fellow Georgian former Representative Rob Woodall, I knew someone needed to carry on this… Read more »

Legislation introduced by Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) to prevent scams during the COVID-19 pandemic is now law. President Donald J. Trump today signed Carter's Combating Pandemic Scams Act. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous scams across the country. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been working… Read more »

Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.), along with Representatives Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) and Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tn.) are encouraging LG Chem and SK Innovation to "find a workable, amicable and accountable resolution" to their electric vehicle battery trade dispute. A letter was sent in light of the U.S. ITC having determined today to extend the target date for completion of the… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today applauded the unanimous Supreme Court decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. Arkansas law, Act 900, required pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to raise reimbursement rates for drugs if they are below the pharmacy’s wholesale acquisition costs. The PBMs argued that federal law supersedes the state law… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the Texas v. Pennsylvania, et al. case.  Recently, the Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to invalidate the presidential elections in four states, arguing that those states used the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to unlawfully change election laws… Read more »