Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, in run-up to this week's Third Annual, and first virtual, Diversity in Tech Summit, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) announced two new companies joining the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge.
CHARLOTTE – Tonight, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12)released the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the conscience of the Court and the one of the greatest fighters American women have ever had. Justice Ginsburg's dissents spoke for people of conscience with a righteous anger and moral clarity that is too often missing from the public sphere.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, as well as chair of the House Education & Labor Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered remarks from the House floor in support of H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act. Adams is one of the co-sponsors of the bill.
The Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act passed the House this afternoon with bipartisan support.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) gavea speech from the House floor honoring Charlotte leader Sarah Stevenson, the first Black woman to serve on the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board as well as the founder of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), introduced a resolution, H. Res. 1096, "expressing support for the designation of the week of August 25 through August 31, 2020, as 'Black Breastfeeding Week' to bring national attention to the United States maternal child health crisis in the Black community and the important role that breastfeeding plays in improving maternal and infant health outcomes."
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced a resolution "expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be observed as the 130th anniversary of the 1890 Institutions." Today, the 1890 Universities Foundation, with the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), hosted a webinar to celebrate the anniversary and acknowledged the resolution's introduction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New legislation introduced by House Committee on Agriculture Vice Chair Alma Adams (NC-12) would help save the farmers, farms, and families hardest hit by COVID-19. The Local and Regional Farmer and Market Support Act (Local Farmer Act), introduced this week in Congress, would address concerns about these farmers by targeting aid directly to local and regional food producers and markets as they cope with the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12)questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy at a meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
CHARLOTTE – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) marked 100 days since the House passed The Heroes Act, an urgently needed bill to secure the strategic testing, tracing and treatment required to reopen safely, to provide strong support for our frontline heroes in state and local government, and to put money in the pockets of the American people.