Buddy Carter

Government created the environment for you to succeed in.

I continue to say that innovation is going to be the key for us.

Georgia is the number one forestry State in the Nation.

I have the honor and privilege of representing the First Congressional District of Georgia, which includes the entire coast of Georgia and a lot of rural area in south Georgia.

We need to address this. This needs to be addressed.

Medicaid's coverage of transportation to health services is a lifeline for patients, especially those that live in rural or underserved areas.

It just leads you to believe there has got to be a better way.

We can streamline this to make it to where, you know, instead of using this time trying to recoup moneys that have already been expended, we could be investing in projects that would make us more resilient.

Resiliency is extremely important to addressing climate change and addressing what we are doing in our communities.

Even CBO tells us that we can expect anywhere from 8 to 15 drugs not to come to market if this were to be passed.

I find it interesting that we are having this discussion during the same week that we are also going to be voting on Speaker Pelosi's bill, H.R. 3.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I yield back.

I think that FDA has taken it to a level that the legislative intent was never intended for it to go to.

I have got some legislation. It is H.R. 1444, the Forest Recovery Act...

What my bill does is to say that, if they are to repurpose their land that they could get a tax deduction for that...

Absolutely. We are blessed in the State of Georgia. We have the number one commercially available timberland...

I have always said as we address climate change, we cannot leave rural America behind.

I am one who believes that patients should be able to get the medication of their choice at where they want to get it from.

I think it would be interesting to have a policy that broadband is actually a requirement.

We have to remember that, and we have to make sure that we do everything we can.

How important is broadband to rural areas and precision agriculture?

We need--that is--OK, well, we are going to get involved, OK?

Wow. We need to fix that.

The number one economy and the number one industry in the State of Georgia is agriculture.

Absolutely. And I think in a much better way.