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January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) was sworn into the 119th Congress to begin his next term serving Louisiana’s Second Congressional District. He was joined by his wife, Major General Ana Carter, at the ceremony.

 

January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Rep. Julia Letlow, Ph.D. (R-LA) sent two letters requesting disaster recovery assistance following the Bourbon Street terrorist attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

January 1, 2025

 

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement in response to the attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans last night:

December 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after the Social Security Fairness Act passed in the Senate. Congressman Carter is an original cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation and has been advocating for these provisions to be repealed since before he was elected to Congress.

 

December 20, 2024

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

 

December 19, 2024

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

December 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement in response to Donald Trump ordering House Republicans to shut down the government:

 

“As elected officials, our jobs are to serve the PEOPLE. We reached a bipartisan funding agreement. It’s time for House Republicans to do the right thing, stick to it, and act on behalf of everyday Americans.

 

December 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr.

December 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) led a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and House Appropriations Committee leaders urging the swift consideration and passage of the Biden Administration’s recent disaster supplemental appropriations request.

 

December 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in the House. WRDA is passed by every session of Congress and authorizes and funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s activities for flood control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration.