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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement about the shooting of three students at Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
"On Tuesday, an unspeakable tragedy occurred in our state. Three young lives were lost to a senseless and tragic act of violence. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the friends of Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) along with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30), Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4), and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) introduced her first bill, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Professional Readiness Education Preparation Act or STEM PREP Act, H.R. 922. The legislation would create a competitive grant program to fund career and technical education training within the STEM field.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 431, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to theFoot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which was a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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.
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.