Press Releases

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, EPA Region 6 Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, members of the New Orleans City Council, and Dr. Beverly Wright, Founder & Executive Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), commemorated the first shuttered house demolition within the Gordon Plaza subdivision.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Yesterday, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) celebrated two federal awards he championed for public safety investments in Ascension and St. James parishes. Congressman Carter personally selected both the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office to receive fundingas a part of his FY 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests. He was joined at the at two events today by Sheriff Bobby Webre and Sheriff Claude J. Louis Jr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement in response to a tentative agreement reached by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) to return to work tomorrow, Friday, October 4, 2024:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement on the continuing resolution passed in the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the government funding deadline:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement in response to racist remarks posted by Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) on Twitter:

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced $124,319,367 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program to support 13 projectsthroughout LA-02.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after the announcement that H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 will receive a vote on the House floor. Congressman Carter is a cosponsor of this legislation:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) commended the passage of his bill H.R. 4403, the Securing the Cities Improvement Act in the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs this week. This legislation would ensure stability within the Securing the Cities (STC) program and partnerships with at-risk cities.