Rep. Adams Remembers President Jimmy Carter
An Icon of the Magnanimous Might of America
CHARLOTTE – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. released the following statement on the life of President James Earl Carter, Jr.:
“From his humble family peanut farm, to the Naval Academy, to the White House, to four decades of unyielding philanthropy, President Jimmy Carter’s life demonstrated the magnanimous might of America.
He restored dignity and humility to the White House when it was sorely needed.
He challenged Americans to walk 'a path of common purpose,' to reject war and materialism, and to take bold steps to protect our planet and future.
President Carter championed humanity, diplomacy and human rights, laying the first bricks of peace in the Middle East with the Camp David Accords.
He was a family man, who devoted nearly 80 years of marriage to his 'equal partner in everything he did,' First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
Having built new homes for those in need until he couldn’t even lift the tools anymore, President Carter has now gone home himself, to his dear wife Rosalynn.
May he rest in peace.”
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Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. represents North Carolina's 12th Congressional District (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Cabarrus County) and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, where she serves as ranking member of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee.