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Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. was elected to her fourth full term representing the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina on November 3, 2020. After winning a special election in November 2014, Congresswoman Adams was sworn in immediately as the 100th woman elected to the 113th Congress.
Representative Adams serves on the Committee on Financial Services; Committee on Education & Labor and the Committee on Agriculture. She holds several leadership roles; as Assistant Whip for the Democratic Caucus, Chairwoman of the Committee on Education & Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Vice Chairwoman of the Committee on Agriculture. Representative Adams’s subcommittee assignments, in addition to Workforce Protections, include Civil Rights and Human Services Committee on Education and Labor; Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations on Agriculture, and the Oversight and Investigations on Financial Services. Her signature legislative accomplishment in Congress is the enactment of H.R. 5363, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act which permanently provides funding totaling $255 million a year for all Minority-Serving Institutions, including $85 million for HBCUs.
The 4Hs
For Congresswoman Alma Adams, there are four necessities that all people require to live a quality life – affordable and accessible healthcare, access to healthy and nutritious food, fair and affordable housing, and a quality, first-class education. These essentials, which Alma calls “the 4H’s”, should not be political issues; they should be rights guaranteed to all people. She believes this because she knows personally how hard it is to survive without them.
Learn more about the 4Hs, Housing, Hunger, Healthcare, and Higher Education.
The Office of Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. will host a 12th Congressional District Military Service Academy Day on Saturday, September 24th at 9:45 AM at the Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences. Students, parents, and teachers are encouraged to attend to receive a comprehensive overview of the US Service Academies, and learn how high school students can be nominated to attend the academies on a full scholarship.
In September, the Biden-Harris Administration will host the first-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. In advance of the conference, Congresswoman Adams and local stakeholders will address Hunger, Nutrition, and Health issues in North Carolina and across the region.
Today, Congresswomen Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01) in the House and U. S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the introduction of the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2022.
Today, Rep. Adams addressed the floor of the House in support of a resolution condemning the recent despicable, cowardly bomb threats to more than 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. served as Fisk University's 148th Commencement Speaker and was presented with the Presidential Medallion for the impact she has had as an educator, leader, advocate and politician on the local, state, and national levels.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON (December 5, 2022) – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) has introduced the Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 5, 2022) – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) is excited to announce one internship opportunity in her Washington, D.C. office as well as one internship opportunity in her Charlotte, N.C. office for the Spring 2023 semester. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply immediately; applications close on Friday, December 16, 2022. This internship includes a monthly stipend for eligible candidates.
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