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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 »

Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-De.) introduced legislation today to increase access to telehealth for seniors.  The Telehealth Modernization Act permanently removes Medicare's geographic and originating site restrictions which require a patient to live in a rural area and be physically in a doctor's office or clinic to use telehealth… Read more »

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 »