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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Information Act.This bill directs the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) to include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on its weekly and monthly reports, consistent with other fuel types that the agency regularly tracks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) moved that the House Homeland Security Committee subpoena Elizabeth Asche, Assistant Administrator of the Federal Insurance Directorate at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide the Committee with the details the agency has been withholding from Congress related to the National Flood Insurance Program’s premium methodology, known as Risk Rating 2.0.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) led a letter with four other Members of Congress to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development asking them to provide at least$7.5 million for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMRCMS) in the next fiscal year. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) mega study, launched in 2023, was recently paused due to a lack of funding from the Trump Administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) praised the unanimous passage of his bipartisan bill H.R. 2037, theOpen RAN Outreach Act, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would provide greater Federal support for small telecommunications companies in rural and disadvantaged communities and allows these companies to remove potentially insecure Chinese network hardware.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Tonight, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) convened a Health Care Town Hall discussion at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Congressman Carter and Leader Jeffries were joined by Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chairs Reps. Robin Kelly (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Nanette Barragán (D-CA). Speakers also included Louisianians directly impacted by Republican’s budget cuts to Medicaid and other vital health care services.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement:

“As the U.S. Congressman for New Orleans—and as Co-Chair of the Congressional Disaster Recovery Caucus—I feel a deep and urgent responsibility to speak clearly.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after voting NO on H.R. 1, Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill:”

“Let me be clear: this bill is not just ugly—it’s catastrophic and down right cruel. Now that Republican majorities in both chambers have passed this legislation, the devastating consequences for Louisianians and Americans across the country will become real in the months ahead.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement:

“The GOP Senate is celebrating like they just won the Super Bowl —but what they’ve really done is take a bad bill and make it even worse.

“Let me break it down in plain language.