WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Cabinet member to be impeached since 1876:
“Impeaching DHS Secretary Mayorkas was not a choice, it was a constitutional duty. He lied to Congress, welcomed… Read more »
SAVANNAH – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) delivered valentines cards to first responders in all fifteen First District counties this week as part of his third annual Friends of the First campaign, showing community members’ appreciation for the hard work and sacrifices firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) make to keep our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a bipartisan and bicameral letter, signed by Georgia’s entire congressional delegation, urging key Congressional committee leaders to include text authorizing a study to widen and deepen the harbor in the Port of Savannah in the annual Water Resources Development… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) today introduced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act 3.0, a bill that will facilitate the development, qualification, and adoption of testing methods that reduce or replace the use of animals in nonclinical testing.
The FDA… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA) led the Georgia Congressional Delegation in a moment of silence on the House floor, honoring Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders of Waycross, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett of Savannah, who were killed during an Iran-backed terrorist attack in Jordan on January 28,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) led 65 House Republicans in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new "digital discrimination" rule.
On November 15th, 2023, the FCC finalized a new rule to “prevent digital… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to the tragic passing of two heroes from Georgia’s First Congressional District, Army Reserve Specialists Breonna Moffett and Kennedy Sanders, who were killed on January 28, 2024, while deployed in Jordan:
“Today is a somber day. Words cannot express the pain that these families are… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. - Last week, I was honored to be appointed as the new Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s (E&C) Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials. I am excited to take on this new role and to have the confidence of Chair Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA), my colleagues, and residents of the First Congressional District of Georgia.
Ahead of this… Read more »
GARDEN CITY – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) secured a $15 million federal grant for the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) this week to replace a port berth and two vessel berths at the Port of Brunswick, improving its efficiency, safety, and reliability.
The East River Terminal Berth Replacement Project will demolish and replace Berth #2 main dock and demolish and rebuild Berth #3 at… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) today celebrated the Biden administration’s decision to drop its appeal in a case against the patient community, keeping in effect the District of Columbia’s District Court ruling affirming the 2020 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Final Rule… Read more »