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Reps. Adams, Brown Lead House Colleagues in Urging USDA to Distribute Delayed Funding for Urban Agriculture Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, September 24, Congresswomen Alma Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), and Shontel Brown (OH-11)sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Richard Fordyce ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, September 24, Congresswomen Alma Adams, Ph.D.
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Adams, Davis, Van Hollen, Booker Introduce Bicameral Bills to Improve Access to Care for Americans with Sickle Cell Disease

Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD), and Senator Cory Booker (NJ) reintroduced two bills to improve access to care for Americans living with sickle cell disease (SCD) — the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment ...
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Rep. Adams Demands Answers on CBP Operations in Charlotte

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem demanding answers for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s ...
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Momnibus Act of 2020

In the richest nation on earth, moms are dying at the highest rate in the developed world – and the rate is rising. For as dire as the situation is for all women, the crisis is most severe for Black ...
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Reps. Adams, McBath Introduce Landmark Legislation to Address Extreme Temperatures in Prisons

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-6) introduced the Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act, landmark legislation to protect ...
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Rep. Adams Introduces Bill to Support Faith-Based Organizations’ Development of Affordable Housing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), introduced the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Predevelopment Fund Act, a bill that would help expand the affordable housing supply ...
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

In Congress, Congresswoman Alma Adams is known as the “Godmother of HBCUs.” After joining the US House of Representatives in 2014. Since the founding of the caucus, Rep. Adams has proposed landmark ...
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Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus

The Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus (Caucus) was founded by Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) on April 28, 2015. The Caucus is co-chaired by Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), Congressman French ...
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Adams, Van Hollen Introduce Student Debt Relief Bill for Parent Borrowers

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-N.C.), and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the Parent PLUS Parity Act, bicameral legislation to ease the burden of ...
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Rep. Adams on DHS’s Deployment of Border Patrol & ICE to Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC—Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released a statement on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) plans to deploy U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents to Charlotte.
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Rep. Adams, House Democrats Force Vote to End Trump’s Costly and Deadly Iran War

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday night, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and House Democrats supported the passage of a war powers resolution to end President Trump’s costly war with Iran. For ...