{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-carter-statement-epa-moving-abandon-soot-rule", "Rep. Carter Statement on EPA Moving to Abandon Soot Rule", "2025-11-28", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cWhat? You have got to be kidding. This move is beyond irresponsible. It is dangerous. It is an attack on the health and well being of our people. For the Trump administration to walk away from lifesaving soot standards is pollution letting at its worst.\n\n\u201cAs the Congressman from Louisiana, I cannot and will not stay silent while any administration gambles with the lives of the people I represent. In the River Parishes and across communities like New Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, and the entire industrial corridor, we know what dirty air costs. We live with the asthma. We live with the cancer clusters. We live with the heart disease and the shortened lives that come from decades of unchecked pollution.\n\n\u201cBusiness and industry can coexist with our communities. I believe in jobs. I believe in growth. I believe in strengthening our economy. But none of that can come at the expense of our children\u2019s lungs or our seniors\u2019 health. There is no economic strategy that justifies poisoning the very people who make this state strong.\n\n\u201cAbandoning the soot rule is not policy. It is surrender. It abandons science. It abandons common sense. And it abandons communities like the River Parishes that have already carried more than their share of this nation\u2019s pollution burden.\n\n\u201cAs the Congressman from Louisiana, I am leading a letter to the President and the EPA urging a full reversal of this reckless decision. I am calling for the restoration of stronger soot protections that reflect both science and basic respect for human life. This is not partisan. This is survival.\n\n\u201cPeople who live near power plants, refineries, chemical facilities, and heavy industry are not disposable. They are families. They are workers. They are teachers, first responders, and small business owners. They deserve clean air and a future free from preventable harm.\n\n\u201cI will continue to fight. I will continue to speak up. I will continue to press every federal agency to do its duty and protect the public. Louisiana is not a dumping ground. Our communities deserve better, and I will keep pushing until this order is reversed and our people are protected.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-carter-statement-epa-moving-abandon-soot-rule"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8137188851833344, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}