Troy Carter

It is important that, when we talk about these things, that we involve community.

You would agree that having community involvement is essential?

I suggest that these meetings should be much more frequently held.

We hope that PHMSA will finalize this rule as soon as possible, based on those three benefits.

273 crossing fatalities, 1,475 per year between 2005 to 2021.

We were proud to lend our support to Congressman Troy Carter's resolution condemning violence against health care workers.

We were proud to lend our support to Congressman Troy Carter's resolution condemning violence against health care workers.

I have been a big proponent and having to explain to so many that the services that midwives provide is not just delivering babies to many communities.

We were proud to lend our support to Congressman Troy Carter's resolution condemning violence against health care workers.

Critically important.

In closing, it is time that communities impacted by wildfires receive the same quality of assistance as communities impacted by hurricanes and floods. S. 3092 addresses the threat of fire head-on and will make communities safer. Madam…

Mr. Secretary, can you provide additional details on what actions US DOT has taken to incorporate the goals of the Justice40 initiative into IIJA program implementation?

Part of the genius of the Founding Fathers was the system of checks and balances. Congress has a duty to oversee the executive branch, and Members of Congress deserve answers to questions they pose to the executive branch.

We must help foster safety in HBCU communities. Today's resolution is a way that Congress can commit to fighting against hatred and racism and stand with HBCUs.

20 States, including Louisiana, still have the same hourly pay floor as the Federal minimum wage: $7.25. Louisiana also has the second highest poverty rate of any State. That is because minimum wage is a poverty wage--a full-time salary is…

This is our moment. Now is the time to deal the working people back in. We need to prove to the people that the government works for them, not just for those on top. Build Back Better lowers family healthcare costs by strengthening the…

This is a transformational moment for the people of Louisiana.

What can we do to create an appeal process for a person that may have made an innocent mistake or accident in their filing are not summarily rejected?

The biggest factor in recovery is how fast we get money back into the pockets and start people getting back to some semblance of normalcy with their lives.

But we know with climate change, warmer waters bring stronger storms, and we should endeavor to do better than we did from previous years as we did after Katrina.

We are hopeful as we build back better, we continue to buildupon mistakes of the past.

It's very difficult in the sweltering months of August to be without power, for senior citizens, for people with disabilities, for our young people.

Of course, the Federal Government made substantial investments in shoring up our levee system, and it made a big difference in this hurricane.

On August 29, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour.

My question is for Dr. Daigneault. I am interested to hear more about the climate solutions that forest provides. Forests provide important ecosystems services such as sequestering carbon.