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Charlotte, NC — Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (D-NC) hosted a tele town hall on Thursday, June 30 to address gun safety concerns of constituents in the 12th District. Since the start of 2015 the United States has seen more than 350 mass shootings take place nationwide; locally in the Charlotte area, seven mass shootings occurred between 2013 and 2015.
Greensboro, NC — Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) participated in a local hearing as part of national five-part series ending in Greensboro, NC hosted by the A Grand Alliance; a coalition of over 150 national and local civil rights, environmental, faith-based and labor organizations united to save the public postal service.
Greensboro, NC - Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams joined the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the National Ombudsman for a roundtable with small business owners to discuss fairness in regulatory enforcement.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today Congresswoman Alma S. Adams’ (NC-12) first bill introduced in Congress, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act or STEM PREP Act, H.R. 922, was added to House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer’s (MD-5) Make It In America plan.
The House Democratic Whip’s Make It In America plan aims to create the best conditions for American businesses to innovate, manufacture, and create jobs right here at home.
Charlotte, NC—Today the United States Supreme Court announced that it will take under review the redistricting case impacting North Carolina’s 1st and 12th Congressional Districts, of which I serve in the 12th.
Today’s decision will allow the court to decide whether or not the 1st and the 12th congressional Districts illegally compacts minority communities into those congressional districts.
Washington, DC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (D-NC) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Women’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, which struck down some of our countries most restrictive anti-abortion laws to date.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alms S. Adams released the following statements regarding the hallmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions passed down on Thursday in affirmative action case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin and on President Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions. Congresswoman Alma S. Adams made following statement on the Supreme Court decision to uphold affirmative action programs at the University of Texas at Austin: |
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) announced that five education bills were marked up by the House Education and the Workforce Committee last week. One of the bills was introduced by Congresswoman Adams; the HBCU Capital Financing Act (H.R. 5530) which will increase access to capital for HBCUs.
Washington, DC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) introduced the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act.
The Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act will prohibit interstate shipment of leghold and Conibear traps. This legislation will not supersede a state’s policies and regulations on trapping; it does however ensure that these two dangerous traps do not cross state lines.
WASHINGTON, DC– In the wake of the horrific act of hate and terror in Orlando last week, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams today joined House Democrats’ sit-in on the House Floor to demand that Speaker Ryan and House Republicans allow a vote on bipartisan legislation to address gun violence.