Press Releases
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September 27, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Danny Davis (D-Ill.), and Alma Adams (D-N.C.), reintroduced the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Centers Act, legislation to improve access to care for Americans living with sickle cell disease (SCD). In the United States, approximately 100,000 people are affected by SCD, a rare, genetically inherited disorder that causes a person’s red blood cells to become deformed and get stuck in their veins – blocking oxygen flow throughout the body and leading to chronic pain, infections, stroke, as well as kidney, liver, and heart disease. The disease disproportionately affects Black Americans but people from other racial and ethnic backgrounds, including Hispanic Americans, are also susceptible.
Issues:Health Care
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September 27, 2024
CHARLOTTE – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams released the following message to her constituents concerning Hurricane Helene:
Issues:Local Issues
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September 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC (September 26, 2024) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), introduced H.R. 9824, the College Thriving Act of 2024, legislation to create a Department of Education grant for colleges and universities to design and implement a skills-for-success course for first year college students.
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September 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02), and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA), which would allow farmers to voluntarily convert their on-farm infrastructure toward more climate-friendly uses with USDA conservation dollars.
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September 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC. – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01) teamed up with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19th as National Stillbirth Prevention Day.
September 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
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September 9, 2024
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WASHINGTON, DC
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September 6, 2024
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WASHINGTON, DC
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August 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined today to reintroduce the Black Breastfeeding Week resolution (H. Res. 1416), aiming to garner national attention to the role that breastfeeding plays in improving Black maternal and infant health outcomes in the United States.