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BMHC
September 17, 2020

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.

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Sarah Stevenson
September 16, 2020

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.

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BMHC
September 3, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), introduced a resolution, H. Res.

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HBCU Strong
August 31, 2020
Washington, D.C.– Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12)announced three new companies joining the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge.
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HBCU Strong
August 31, 2020

WASHINGTON, DCCongresswoman 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 acknowledge

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A bale of hay in a field on a farm
August 26, 2020

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.

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PMG DeJoy and Rep. Adams
August 24, 2020

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.

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100 Days since the HEROES Act was passed
August 23, 2020

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.

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Alma Adams wearing a Save USPS facemask outside of the House of Reps
August 22, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, with the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Rep. Alma Adams voted to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act.