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.