Carter leaves a House Republican caucus meeting in 2023. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Rep. Buddy Carter has been selected as the Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee chair for the next Congress, incoming Energy and Commerce chairman Brett Guthrie announced Friday.
Why it matters: Carter has built a lot of his health legislative portfolio around cracking down on the practices of PBMs, meaning that could remain a health care topic of interest in the 119th Congress.
Zoom in: Guthrie also announced that Rep. Neal Dunn, a surgeon, will be the health subcommittee vice-chair.
The health subcommittee chairmanship spot was open after Guthrie, who had served as the chair of the health subcommittee, was selected to run the full E&C committee.
Other contenders for health subcommittee chair were Reps. Morgan Griffith and Gus Bilirakis, but they will be serving in other subcommittee chairmanships.
