WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced it will subject 15 additional prescription drugs to government price controls by unelected bureaucrats:
“The so-called Inflation ‘Reduction’ Act takes patients out of the frying pan and into the fire – leading to higher list… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced the Disaster Reforestation Act, a bill to help working forests recover from a natural disaster by amending the tax code to recognize the value of destroyed timber.
The current tax code disadvantages forest landowners by restricting their ability to claim loss from destroyed timber, harming their ability to reforest… Read more »
SAVANNAH – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) invites students and community members across Georgia’s First Congressional District to join him this Valentine’s Day in thanking first responders for the hard work they do to protect their community by participating in his fourth annual “Friends of the First” campaign.
Rep. Carter visits with firefighters during Friends of the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today successfully urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to rescind a proposed jobs-killing speed restriction for boats 35’ to 65’ along the Atlantic Coast.
The move comes after boaters, harbor pilots, and business owners raised concerns that the new safety regulations, nobly designed to protect the North… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Julia Letlow (R-LA) today introduced the Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act, a bill that reinstates a Trump-era policy which increases health care options and lowers costs for Americans, following the Biden Administration’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously voted to release a second interim staff report on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) egregious practices, finding that the top three PBMs marked up drugs for chronic disease patients by as much as 1,000 percent:
“Pharmacy benefit managers are… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act, a bill to replace the current tax code with a national consumption tax known as the Fair Tax.
The Fair Tax would repeal the current tax code and replace it with a single national consumption tax. In addition to eliminating all personal and corporate income taxes, the death tax,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today released the following statement after Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected to serve as Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress:
“I was proud to vote in support of Speaker Mike Johnson on the House floor. He is the right person to lead our conference as we use the mandate President-elect Trump was given by the American… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter today celebrated the signing of his Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Reauthorization Act of 2024 into law, ensuring children receive appropriate health care during a medical emergency.
The bill was co-led by Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), John Joyce (R-PA), and Kim Schrier (D-WA). Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) championed this… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) successfully pushed House Leadership to include disaster relief funding in the end of year spending package, which funds the government through March 2025 and passed the House of Representatives today.
The bill includes more than $100 billion to refill the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) coffers, fund the Small… Read more »
