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Seal of the House
July 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— After illegally withholding $7 billion in education funding approved by Congress, officials within the Trump Administration have announced they will release the remaining funds.

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Seal of the House
July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D.

Issues:Education
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Seal of the House
July 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Senior Member of the House Agriculture and Education & Workforce Committees, released a statement blasting Republicans for their reckless, partisan vote to cut $1.1 billion in federal public broadcasting funding through the rescissions bill.

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Rep. Adams speaks at a podium for the Heat Illness Prevention Act press conference
July 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, as Charlotte and North Carolina face another harsh heat wave, Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D.

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Seal of the House
July 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Senior Member of the House Agriculture Committee, released a statement calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reinstate funding for Regional Food Business Centers (RFBCs).

Issues:Agriculture
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Seal of the House
July 15, 2025

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), Se

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Seal of the House
July 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D.

Issues:Local Issues
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Seal of the House
July 11, 2025

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.

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Seal of the House
July 10, 2025

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

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Seal of the House
July 3, 2025

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.