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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) introduced legislation to prevent fraudulent use of Social Security numbers by illegal immigrants.  During an audit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Treasury Department's Inspector General found that over 1.4 million illegal immigrants could be working and operating fraudulently under the Social Security numbers of legal… Read more »

The Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act introduced by Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) and Annie Kuster (D-Nh.) was unanimously passed by the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today.  The bipartisan legislation creates a new grant program to install carbon monoxide alarms in the homes of elderly and… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) today announced a $4,222,340.00 federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) airport grant for the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be used for terminal building improvements. "It is great news that this federal funding will be directed to our airport," said… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) voted against the partisan emergency border funding bill brought to a vote by House Democrats today. The legislation fails to properly address the humanitarian and security crisis at the border and will not be signed into law by President Donald Trump.  "President Trump requested emergency funding to address the crisis at our southern… Read more »

The funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today includes language requested by Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) to address staffing concerns of Bureau of Prisons employees at the Federal Corrections Institute (FCI) in Jesup, GA. Specifically, the legislation directs the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to end its over-reliance on augmentation and instead hire… Read more »

The funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today includes important funding requested by Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) for new hangars at Hunter Army Airfield and the Savannah Air Dominance Center.  Specifically, Carter secured $62 million for a new aircraft maintenance hangar at Hunter Army Airfield.  "I have seen the conditions of the old… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) voted against the House Democrat's partisan funding bill today that is detrimental to the military, prohibits funding for the border wall, fails to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the border, props up failing Obamacare and reverses pro-life provisions, among other things.  "I am extremely disappointed that House Democrats… Read more »

This week, Representatives Roger Marshall, MD (KS-01), Peter Welch (VT-At Large), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), introduced H.R. 3223, the Pharmacy Benefit Manger Accountability Study Act of 2019.  This bipartisan legislation directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the role pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) play in… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) introduced legislation today to improve and increase access to telemedicine for veterans. The VA Mission Act, signed into law in June 2018, reformed a wide range of veteran health care issues, but the telemedicine portion of the law includes an error that prohibits trainees from using the telemedicine system. These trainees are typically… Read more »

After months of negotiations, disaster aid secured by Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) to assist Georgia blueberry growers who were devastated by unusually harsh freezes is headed to President Trump's desk to be signed into law.  In 2017, Georgia was expected to produce around 90 million pounds of blueberries, but was drastically reduced to 30 million because of the… Read more »