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Louisiana Congressman Troy Carter says the president’s decision to put his $1 trillion infrastructure bill on hold and to relink the legislation to his $3.5 trillion social proposals is the correct strategy.

Let the record show that both Louisiana representatives who are part of the Republican congressional leadership voted against aid to help the state recover from a string of disasters.

And also against keeping the government open. Because what’s the point of having a functioning government anyway, if you’re not going to put it to work for the people you represent?

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter of New Orleans, Louisiana's only Democrat in Congress, believes a compromise to close the deal on infrastructure and social spending bills is within reach.

Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding an optimistic note that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills Capitol Hill has been wrangling with. He talks about one of the projects in the 1.2-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that’s important to our state.