Congressional Issues

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. issued the following statement today after President Biden’s address to the nation: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A signature bipartisan bill co-led by Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) to address stillbirth in pregnancies was signed by President Biden today and is now law, after passing through Congress this spring with overwhelming bipartisan support. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, blasted the House Republicans’ Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, throughout the bill’s markup in the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday. The Farm Bill is an omnibus piece of legislation that governs every part of America’s food and farm system and is passed every five years. Rep. Adams voted “no” on the bill, which passed out of Committee after a twelve-hour hearing.

Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Endometriosis CARE Act, which would deliver $50 million annually to advance endometriosis research and expand access to treatment. The legislation is led by Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Congressional Endometriosis Caucus Co-Chair, Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-At Large). Despite the broad and significant impact of endometriosis, critics say chronic underfunding of women’s health research has resulted in a lack of innovation and understanding of the disease.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, warned that the House Republicans’ newly released Farm Bill proposal, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, would exacerbate food insecurity in North Carolina. Changes the partisan plan makes to how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) works would pull $30 billion out of SNAP participants’ pockets. 

CHARLOTTE – Student artists who participated in the Congressional Art Competition will have their work displayed in a two-week exhibition at The Mint Museum Uptown. Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) will host the exhibition opening for residents of North Carolina’s 12th congressional district, and announce the winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at an official event.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the tragic events in Charlotte on Monday, April 29, 2024, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) delivered remarks on two occasions this week, at an interfaith vigil in Charlotte, and on the floor of the U.S. House in Washington.