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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01), alongside Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19 as National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), co-chair of the Caucus on Black Women and Girls, introduced the Black Breastfeeding Week resolution, recognizing August 25, 2025, through August 31, 2025, as “Black Breastfeeding Week.”
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Senior Member of the House Agriculture Committee, called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to rescind their misguided rule overturning decades-old programs for socially disadvantaged (SDA) farmers who face race- and sex-based discrimination.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Teresa Leger Fernández (FL-22), Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), along with Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE),introduced the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking July 10, 2025 as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and recognizing the ongoing, severe racial and gender wage gap Black women face in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released a statement on the House passage of the Republican budget bill and the extreme harm it will bring to the 12th District, the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Senior Member of the House Agriculture Committee and House Education & Workforce Committee, released a statement on the House passage of the Republican reconciliation budget.
