Fight for environmental justice.

Troy A. Carter · Louisiana · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 2.00 extraction confidence 95%

Occurrences

Fight for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, equal pay and a living wage for all Louisianians.

Commits to pursuing environmental justice.

Troy Carter for Congress - The Voice of the People
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I am glad to work with Congressman Carter to introduce this important legislation.

The press release reinforces Carter's ongoing environmental justice focus through the EPA accountability bill.

Reps. Carter, Fletcher Introduce the ZELDIN Act to Safeguard Americans from EPA Failures and Protect Public Health | Representative Troy Carter
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Evidence

The campaign site says Troy Carter would 'Fight for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, equal pay and a living wage for all Louisianians.'

Campaign promise explicitly included environmental justice.

never same_term

Troy Carter for Congress - The Voice of the People
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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.

Carter participated in a concrete environmental justice bill, but the measure remained introduced and did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.576 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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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.

Carter introduced a bill aimed at environmental harms and community remediation, but it stalled in committee.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4798 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements with States to carry out grant programs to assist in remediation and relocation efforts relating to hazardous air pollution, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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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 was publicly associated with an EPA air-monitoring grant for an overburdened environmental justice community.

partial same_term

EPA, Rep. Troy Carter Announce Grant for La. DEQ Air Monitoring Project in St. James Parish | US EPA
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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.'

Carter continued introducing environmental justice-related legislation in office, showing sustained effort but no final enacted result in the record provided.

partial same_term A for effort

Reps. Carter, Fletcher Introduce the ZELDIN Act to Safeguard Americans from EPA Failures and Protect Public Health | Representative Troy Carter
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Carter made sustained same-term efforts on environmental justice, including sponsoring or cosponsoring environmental-justice legislation and publicly supporting an EPA air-monitoring grant. However, the record does not show a completed environmental-justice policy outcome or enacted law, so this is better treated as partial fulfillment rather than full delivery.

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partial same_term A for effort

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.

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