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WASHINGTON – Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairwoman Alma Adams (NC-12), Education & Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Congresswoman Donna Shalala (FL-27) introduced legislation to protect U.S. workers from COVID-19 in response to disturbing, widespread reports of unsafe workplaces leading to preventable illnesses and deaths.
Charlotte – During Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17),Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) led a week of advocacy for Black moms. The overall maternal mortality rate in the United States rose sharply over the past three decades, and Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. Adams' advocacy included interviews, editorials, radio appearances, and a Women's Symposium focused on Black Maternal Health during COVID-19.
Washington – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced the Kira Johnson Act as part of the Black Maternal Momnibus of 2020, a package of bills addressing the maternal health crisis. Today, on the last day of Black Maternal Health Week, she is urging her colleagues in the House to pass this legislation.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Chair of the Committee on Energy & Commerce's Subcommittee on Health, led more than 50 colleagues in sending a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn regarding the recent Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ) and chloroquine phosphate (CQ) to be used as unapproved potential therapeutics for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement on the bipartisan passage of the $2 trillion economic aid passage to combat the coronavirus pandemic, also known as the CARES Act, which will now go to the President's desk for his signature: