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WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Members of the House Agriculture Committee, sent a letter signed by 38 House Democrats to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins calling for the USDA to reverse the reckless elimination of the Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) program.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Ranking Member of the House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, alongside Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Ranking Member of the House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee and Representative Lucy McBath (GA-06), led a letter signed by 93 House Democrats calling on House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chair Robert Aderholt to join demands that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) release the more than $5.5 billion in Congressionally approved education funds currently withheld by the Trump Administration.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, as Charlotte and North Carolina face another harsh heat wave, Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and House and Senate colleagues joined union workers from United Farm Workers (UFW), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and United Steelworkers to announce their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to implement federal enforceable workplace heat stress protections.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Deobrah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04) , and Don Davis (NC-01) sent a letter calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME), and Senate Appropriations Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) to strike cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including 39 public broadcasting stations in North Carolina, from the Senate rescissions package, citing concerns that cuts to public broadcasting will impact emergency disaster communications and response.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, released a statement supporting North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s lawsuit to release $6.2 billion in Congressionally authorized federal education funds, including $12 million for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), currently being withheld by the Trump Administration.