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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, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), Ranking Member of the Education & Workforce Committee (E&W)’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, along with Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-01), and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), introduced the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking the importance of recognizing national racial and gender wage gap on July 9th.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), released the following statement after Republicans forced changes to Title IX through the House Committee on Education and Workforce: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting access to Mifepristone: 

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, D.C. – A signature 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 passed the U.S. House today with overwhelming bipartisan support, passing 408-3.