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July 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek another term of office: 
July 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) released the following statement on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump: 
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Rep Adams with a photo of Kira Johnson
July 12, 2024
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. 
July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Founder and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, and Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) introduced the Supporting Diverse Entrepreneurs Act to level the playing field for minority-owned businesses. 
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Black Women's Equal Pay Day
July 9, 2024
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.
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U.S. Department of Labor
July 2, 2024
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, is celebrating a slate of new heat protections for workers instituted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a division of the Department of Labor under President Biden.
July 1, 2024
CHARLOTTE – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) is celebrating a series of grant awards by Lowe’s Hometowns, the nonprofit arm of Lowe’s Companies.
June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on protections for unhoused citizens:
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June 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. issued the following statement today on the election of Dr. James Martin II as Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, her undergraduate alma mater, by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors: