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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement in response to the U.S. District court's ruling in State of Texas v. United States of America that will temporarily halt the implementation of the President's 2014 executive orders on immigration:
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following schedule of events and tours that she will be participating in during the February District Work Period (February 16th-20th). This will be the first District Work Period of the 114th Congress.
Monday, February 16th
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement about the shooting of three students at Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
"On Tuesday, an unspeakable tragedy occurred in our state. Three young lives were lost to a senseless and tragic act of violence. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the friends of Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) along with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30), Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4), and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) introduced her first bill, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act or STEM PREP Act, H.R. 922. The legislation would create a competitive grant program to fund career and technical education training within the STEM field.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 431, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to theFoot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which was a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Washington, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] become an original co-sponsor on a bipartisan resolution to award the Freedom Riders with the Congressional Gold Medal. Adams released the following statement shortly after the bill was introduced:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] co-sponsored H.R. 460, The Human Trafficking Detection Act, along with Republican Congressman Mark Walker of North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] issued the following response to President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address.