Alma Adams

I am troubled at the President's recent announcements related to tariffs represent an erratic economic policy that could jeopardize small firms' participation in the global economy.

Free trade agreements inevitably create winners and losers in our economy.

Small and medium-size businesses make up 97 percent of American exporting companies, making exports critical to our nation's overall economic health.

how could such simple things like outreach from regulators reduce the compliance burden on small community leaders?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't think I will need that much time.

So do you have situations where, if certain requirements aren't met, that you give them an opportunity to do that?

So consistency and coordination, then?

If barriers continue to prevent new and existing small businesses from participating in the Federal Marketplace, such as delays in change orders and packing their bottom line, what will this mean for the industrial base and businesses like…

Currently, North Carolina A&T, which is an 1890 institution, receives less state-matching funding for grants from NIFA than their fellow 1862 institutions in the state.

I want us to focus on the things that we can do to help prepare these universities, which in many of the places where they are located, they are the economic engines in their communities.

Thank you Mr. Chairman, and thank you to FCA Chairman Tonsager and President Halverson of CoBank for being here.

The National Endowment for the Arts has been and continues to be necessary to the success of the arts.

we need the SNAP program more than ever to help families put food on the table from one month to the next.

Our districts and states have multiple priorities that need to be funded in the farm bill.

I have seen firsthand the issues of food insecurity just in my district, and even my state ranks high in food insecurity.

We have made a conscious decision to fund the arts, signaling that we intrinsically value the arts.

the arts are critical to our culture, education, and our economy.

the arts and humanities are critical for adding value to our shared culture.

I am very concerned about that. It would also result in a decrease in the funding available for technological improvements for SNAP.

I know that this time around we are not talking about that kind of approach, but can you discuss what you have done to build support across the industry for changes to the dairy program?

President Trump's budget, however, would zero out and severely cut funding for those vital international programs.

SNAP is a vital part of the solution to many of those issues.

The SNAP program is very important to those in the 12th District of North Carolina.

Women make up half of the country's workforce, yet the Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap between full-time year-round working men and women, women make only 80 percent of the median wage men earn.

Letter dated February 16, 2017, from National Women's Law Center