Press Releases
Charlotte, NC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today released the following statement:
“I am disappointed and ashamed by the actions of the state legislature. Today’s special session was a power grab by State Republicans to legalize discrimination, wasting taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars.
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) released the following statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels this morning:
Congresswoman Adams Offered an Amendment to Protect Our Air & Water from Republican Legislation to Undermine Clean Air Act
Congresswoman Adams: “It took a disastrous spill of coal ash into the Dan River to make it clear that we were not doing a good enough job to protect our communities and waterways. Look at the children and families in Flint who will never be same because we failed to protect their basic human right of access to clean water.”
Greensboro, NC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today released the following statement on the passing of North Carolina State House Representative Ralph Johnson:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today released the following statement on the passing of former North Carolina State Senator and Outreach Director for North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District, the beloved, Earline Parmon:
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today released the following statement following the Senate confirmation of Dr. John B. King, Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education:
Washington, DC — Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) led a group of 129 Members of the House of Representatives in calling on House leadership to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which lifts millions of Americans out of poverty.
“I’m honored to receive this award from the Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind and the National Industries for the Blind,” said Congresswoman Alma Adams. “More than 252,000 North Carolinians and 6 million people nationwide are blind or visually impaired.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (D-NC) joined Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny H.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams’ (NC-12) legislation to name a Winston-Salem post office after Dr. Maya Angelou, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 371 to 9. The legislation, H.R. 3735, would rename the Center City post office located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to that of the Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office.