Press Releases

Washington, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] become an original co-sponsor on a bipartisan resolution to award the Freedom Riders with the Congressional Gold Medal. Adams released the following statement shortly after the bill was introduced:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] released the following statement in response to Google's announcement to build a high-speed fiber-optic network in Charlotte, North Carolina. Google announced today that 18 cities across four new metro areas including: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham, are among the new areas where Google will build a network of gigabit Internet, with speeds up to 100 times faster than today's basic broadband.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] co-sponsored H.R. 460, The Human Trafficking Detection Act, along with Republican Congressman Mark Walker of North Carolina.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Congresswoman Alma Adams [NC-12] issued the following response to President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address.

Greensboro, North Carolina –Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement in response to the Vice President's announcement regarding a $25 million dollar grant to Historically Black Colleges and Universities for a Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline Consortium.

WASHINGTON, DC— Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following schedule for the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Weekend:

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Keynote Speaker at Bennett College's annual "Convocatum Est" Convocation

Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel

900 East Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

11 am – 12 pm

Friday, January 16, 2015

Attend the Grand Opening of the Herbalife Winston-Salem Manufacturing Facility

3200 Temple School Road

WASHINGTON, DC— Yesterday Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) co-sponsored her first bill with Assistant Democratic Leader, James Clyburn, and other Members of the Congressional Black Caucus to introduce H.R. 295, to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Historic Preservation Program. Rep. Adams is an original co-sponsor on H.R. 295 and made the following statement regarding her support of this important legislation:

WASHINGTON, DC— Today Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) gave a one minute speech on the House Floor urging Republicans to bring a clean DHS Funding Bill to the Floor. The content of the speech is below:

"Mr. Speaker I rise today to urge my Republican colleagues to stop toying with our Nation's security. Disrupting funding to the Department of Homeland Security is an extreme and reckless form of partisan politics.