Alma Adams: “Raising the Federal minimum wage is an issue of great importance to me and many of the Members of this Subcommittee.”

The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.

In one of the richest countries in the world, no one working full-time should be living in poverty.

I introduced the Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2024 (H.R. 8598) with Representative Strickland.

In my district, thousands of residents are struggling to make ends meet while the Trump administration puts the interests of billionaires above those of ordinary Americans.