119th Congress
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement after the announcement that Congressman David Scott (D-GA) passed away:
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement:
“Today, on the steps of Criminal District Court, the people showed up. Loud. Proud. Unshaken.
“They came to stand with Calvin Duncan, who was duly elected by the people to serve as Clerk of Criminal Court.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced the Allocating for Disaster Urgency and Long-term Tenability (ADULT) Act, which replenishes essential funding through the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to maintain FEMA’s disaster response capacity.
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement calling out state legislative actions that attempt to remove duly elected individuals, warning that such efforts strike at the very heart of American democracy:
“Legislation that seeks to eliminate an office after the people have already spoken at the ballot box is not just misguided. It is a direct affront to the very core of our democracy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after voting NO on House Republicans’ all-or-nothing bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
“For more than 40 days, Donald Trump and Republicans have created chaos at our airports and across critical homeland security operations, forcing TSA officers to work without pay while blocking multiple efforts to provide relief.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) have introduced the bipartisan Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act. This legislation will allow state-legal American cannabis companies, including small, minority, and veteran-owned businesses the ability to access critical lending and investment opportunities currently available to other domestic and regulated industries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement;
“President Trump’s plan to send rogue, untrained ICE agents into our airports is nothing more than a political stunt and cheap theater. It does nothing to improve security and everything to distract from the real issue.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) has introduced H.R.7787, theMental Health Workforce Act which addresses the mental health workforce shortage and urgent need for diversity among mental health providers in the United States. The bill would help raise the number of mental health providers, diversify the mental health workforce pipeline, and get care to communities who need these services the most.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement:
“Today’s announcement that Kristi Noem will no longer serve as Secretary of Homeland Security reflects what communities across this country have been demanding for months: accountability.