Troy Carter: “I feel the frustration of all of the Members here.”

Let me be clear: the map currently in place reflects the demographic reality of our state and the legal mandates of the Voting Rights Act...the map adopted by the legislature was a product of bipartisan negotiation, judicial review, and…

Militarizing the streets of New Orleans is not a solution. Period.

If the President wants to provide federal resources to the City, I will work with him to provide funding to recruit and better train police officers.

As a matter of fairness and representative democracy, African American voters should have a meaningful opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing.