Buddy Carter

We don't have a revenue problem. What we have got is a spending problem.

We all know that inflation has gone up every month--every month--since this President has been in office.

Obviously, this is very upsetting. It is upsetting for me. It is upsetting for my constituents.

But you can understand particularly in the environment, the world environment that we are in, we all know what is going on.

The lunacy of considering closing any combat training center at this point in world history is just insane to me.

It is because we have low energy costs, because we utilize natural gas.

We have had the State of Georgia and our legislature actually prohibited local governments from banning natural gas or any other type of energy.

I think that is the right move and I am very proud.

But I have to admit that it is somewhat ironic that here we have a hearing on how to promote energy security and cut energy bills at a time when we have a lack of energy security and we have record high energy prices directly as a result…

The task force... formalized the pro abortion advocacy at home and abroad.

It promotes taxpayer funding of abortions by excluding the longstanding bipartisan Hyde Amendment protections.

Again, it is H.R. 4066 and it is bipartisan and it is good legislation that will help us as well.

I just want to ask you if you will commit to working with us to get this fixed so that we can help rural hospitals.

I have got a quick question for you to begin with. It is about the Medicare A--the Medicare Area Wage Index. I am sure you are familiar with that. And it is hurting hospitals in my district.

73 percent of Americans oppose using their tax dollars to pay for abortions in other countries--73 percent.

When you breathe fresh air, get down on your knees and thank the farmer who planted the trees.

One thing I know that we can do is to expand the use of wood and the wood products as a renewable resource.

I have got legislation that is cosponsored by Representative Sewell from Alabama. It is called the Disaster Reforestation Act.

Bruce Westerman, Representative Westerman, the Ranking Member on Natural Resources, has a bill called the Trillion Trees Act.

Trees are the answer. Trees are the answers. Because forests serve as carbon sinks.

Georgia is the number one forestry state in the nation.

When we have our coastal areas erode and are lost, it results in the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Some of the largest landholders in conservation in the United States are farms.

Bruce has been an incredible leader and very well-versed on natural solutions such as the role that trees can play in sequestering greenhouse gases.

The Defense Production Act really is designed for three things. It is designed for national defense. It is designed to respond to disasters. It is designed to respond to terrorism.