Fight for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, equal pay and a living wage for all Louisianians.
Fight for environmental justice.
Occurrences
Evidence
The campaign site says Troy Carter would 'Fight for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, equal pay and a living wage for all Louisianians.'
Congress.gov shows H.R.576 was introduced in the House on 01/21/2025 to codify Executive Order 14096 on environmental justice. Troy A. Carter is listed among the cosponsors on the bill information page.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Troy Carter as the sponsor of H.R.4798, the Communities and Environment First Act of 2021, which would establish grants for communities affected by hazardous pollution and environmental harm. The latest action shown is referral to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
EPA said that on June 5, 2023, it announced a nearly $480,000 grant for a community air monitoring project in St. James Parish and that the EPA regional administrator was joined by the office of U.S. Rep. Troy Carter at the ceremony.
Carter's House office said on April 22, 2026 that he introduced the ZELDIN Act to impose accountability measures on the EPA and protect public health and the environment, calling himself 'an environmental justice champion.'
Assessments
Carter promised broadly to fight for environmental justice, and the evidence shows repeated same-term efforts: sponsoring the Communities and Environment First Act, cosponsoring H.R.576 to codify federal environmental justice commitments, associating with an EPA air-monitoring grant in St. James Parish, and introducing the ZELDIN Act. These are meaningful legislative and public-facing actions aligned with the promise. However, the record does not show a major enacted environmental justice law or fully delivered policy outcome attributable to him, so the promise is best rated partial rather than delivered.