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CHARLOTTE – On Thursday night, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) delivered her "State of the District" speech live from Halton Theater on the CPCC Central Campus in Midtown Charlotte. In the speech, she took time out to focus her remarks on voting rights, focusing on her personal experience in the Jim Crow South, and calling for the passage of voting rights bills and filibuster reform in the Senate.
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12), Nikema Williams (GA-05), Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Haley Stevens (MI-11), and introduced the Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act. The Congresswomen were joined by eight additional original cosponsors in introducing the bill.
WASHINGTON – Today,Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairwoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022. This legislation would extend the black lung excise tax rate, which expired at the end of last year, to fund future benefits and health care for miners suffering from black lung disease.
CHARLOTTE - Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) is moving her State of the District Day events online due to the continuing public health issues posed by the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. Both events will still take place on Thursday, January 27, 2022 and will be hosted on Zoom.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released a statement and a video calling on the United States Senate to move forward on voting rights legislation. Just now, the House passed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which will ensure every American has equal freedom to make their voice and vote heard in our democracy. The bill now heads to the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), David E. Price (NC-04), G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Kathy Manning (NC-06), the Democratic members of North Carolina's congressional delegation, issued a joint statement on today's redistricting ruling by a three-judge Wake County Superior Court panel:
CHARLOTTE - Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) will hold two public events on her State of the District Day, Thursday, January 27, 2022. Both events are open to the public and will be livestreamed on Zoom and/or Facebook, pending changes due to COVID-19. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster is required to attend both events, and pandemic protocols including masking and social distancing will be in force.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the United States Capitol, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) issued the following statement:
"Earlier today, President Biden told us ‘the way forward is to recognize the truth and live by it.' We must honor and tell the truth, even when it makes us uncomfortable.
CHARLOTTE – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) announced that $43,247,316 in new federal funding under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is headed to Charlotte to improve Charlotte Douglas International Airport. As one of the top 10 busiest airports in the world, CLT is a key economic driver for the Carolinas.