Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12), released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting access to Mifepristone: 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. issued the following statement today in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, June 6th, 1944:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. released the following statement on the felony conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, blasted the House Republicans’ Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, throughout the bill’s markup in the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday. The Farm Bill is an omnibus piece of legislation that governs every part of America’s food and farm system and is passed every five years. Rep. Adams voted “no” on the bill, which passed out of Committee after a twelve-hour hearing.

Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Endometriosis CARE Act, which would deliver $50 million annually to advance endometriosis research and expand access to treatment. The legislation is led by Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05), and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Congressional Endometriosis Caucus Co-Chair, Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-At Large). Despite the broad and significant impact of endometriosis, critics say chronic underfunding of women’s health research has resulted in a lack of innovation and understanding of the disease.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, warned that the House Republicans’ newly released Farm Bill proposal, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, would exacerbate food insecurity in North Carolina. Changes the partisan plan makes to how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) works would pull $30 billion out of SNAP participants’ pockets. 

Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. celebrated the five finalists of the student Congressional Art Competition this past Sunday at The Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, at a reception attended by participating students, their families, teachers, supporters, art experts, and the general public to announce the selections by an independent panel of judges. The winning piece for North Carolina’s 12th Congressional district, Scrutiny in the Third, by Avian Cannon, a senior at Lake Norman Charter School, will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel (no relation) of the U.S. Capitol for the next year, alongside the other 400+ winners in the annual, nationwide event.