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Jessica Wehrman

Rep. Carter, seeking Georgia Senate seat, surrenders Health gavel - Roll Call

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter will step down as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, he announced Wednesday.

Carter, a Georgia Republican who is challenging presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Jon Ossoff for Senate in 2026, made the announcement via a press release Wednesday as House Republicans prepared to take up the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill.

The House-passed version of the bill sought $880 billion in cuts from the Energy and Commerce Committee, the bulk of it from the Medicaid program, which gave Carter a significant role in the crafting of the House version.

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