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Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Ga-01) joined a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives to approve immediate funding to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the United States. The legislation will stop the virus at its source by funding mosquito control at home and abroad, helps get vaccines and diagnostic tests… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) has earned an appointment to serve on the House-Senate Conference Committee to resolve differences over the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. In announcing the appointment, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan praised Carter for his experience as a pharmacist and his commitment to advancing reforms to end… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) is leading the charge to oppose the Obama Administration's threat to take legal action or deny federal funds to school districts that do not allow students to use any bathroom regardless of gender. In a letter to President Obama led by Carter, 39 Members of Congress from across the… Read more »

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Ga-01) acted today to address and end the opioid epidemic in the United States. The House passed the House Amendment to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, with Carter's support, combining 18 bills previously passed in the House this week to create a comprehensive strategy to address and prevent prescription drug abuse.  "Our… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of bipartisan bills aimed at addressing the opioid abuse crisis including H.R. 5046, the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act. This bill authorizes $103 million in grants to states for programs aimed at providing substance abuse treatment. Included in the bill is a bipartisan measure introduced by Representatives… Read more »

Today, United States District Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled in favor of House Republicans in a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s use of taxpayer funds for Obamacare. In the ruling, Judge Collyer ruled that it is unconstitutional for the administration to use federal funds to make payments to insurance companies under Obamacare without an… Read more »

Before my election to Congress, I served more than thirty years as a community pharmacist.  In that time, I witnessed and participated in some of the greatest advancements in the history of medicine. I have seen diseases that once required hospitalization become illnesses treated from home with medication.  I have seen an antibiotic regimen that once required four tablets… Read more »

When I opened my first pharmacy some twenty-eight years ago, all I asked for was a level playing field and a fair shot at success.  As a “little guy,” I could not afford lawyers or accountants to help me through those critical starting years.  For several years, I could not even afford to pay myself!    In the years since I have achieved the American Dream –… Read more »

U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., along with Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Ga.-01,Sanford Bishop, Ga.-02, Lynn Westmoreland, Ga.-03, Hank Johnson, Ga.-04, Rob Woodall, Ga.-07, Austin Scott, Ga.-08, Jody Hice, Ga.-10, Rick Allen, Ga.-12, David Scott, Ga.-13, and Tom Graves, Ga.-14,called on the Department of… Read more »

In the more than thirty years I have practiced pharmacy, I have witnessed a tremendous evolution in the profession. The clinical foundation and training of a pharmacist graduating today is leaps and bounds above where I started my practice. However, one thing has not changed:  a pharmacists’ role in patient care goes well beyond dispensing medications. Today, as before, many… Read more »