{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10524", "Carter-backed effort to expand hearing aid access finalized by FDA", "2022-08-16", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule today that will increase access to hearing aids by making them available over-the-counter, an issue Rep. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA) has been championing since 2017:\n\n\u201cHearing aids should be just as accessible as reading glasses,\u201d said Carter. \u201cOnly 1 in 5 Americans who need a hearing aid use one, mainly due to the four figure price tag. This rule will open doors and improve the health and well-being of patients nationwide. As a pharmacist and long-time advocate of over-the-counter hearing aids, I applaud the FDA for taking this common-sense, bipartisan step.\u201d\n\nThe Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump in August 2017 as part of a larger reauthorization of the FDA. Rep. Carter joined former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA) in introducing the hearing aid provision.\n\nRep. Carter spoke in favor of this rule at a recent Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on FDA user fee reauthorization.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10524"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.93119777739048, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}