Press Releases

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.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today released the following statement after nine House Republicans voted against her Maya Angelou bill:

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today joined U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Luiz V. Gutiérrez (D- Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), John Conyers Jr.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12) today voted against legislation to override the President’s veto of H.R. 3762. This legislation would undermine critical components of the Affordable Care Act and would defund Planned Parenthood.