Alma Adams

Congress should introduce and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, a commonsense solution that would help employees to uncover and challenge pay discrimination.

W.E.B. Du Bois said a long time ago that the most fundamental right is a right to education.

I am just pleased to be a proud sponsor, a cosponsor as well.

I want to say, again, what a proud honor it is for me to be a graduate of North Carolina A&T, an 1890 school, and to support the legislation.

When we talk about what we are talking about today, we are talking about equal opportunity.

I believe that having this funding support allows us to leverage in a way that all students, all Americans benefit.

I am a proud co-chair of the bipartisan HBCU Caucus, and I am still committed to raising the profile of 1890s and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities as institutions that not only promote and nurture students.

Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act is going to further the goals of equity, and I am glad that seems to be something everyone agrees on is going to help all of our children across the country, students of color, low-income…

There is a disparity that needs to be addressed, and it is especially troubling if we know that in some cases, it is not just equal funding that is equitable, the schools serving communities of concentrated poverty actually need additional…

I am a former State legislator and I think many of us are, and understanding that need to send that message that these Federal dollars are not to replace your K-12 investment.

Small businesses are the backbone of America. They are the entrepreneurs and the job creators that are necessary to stimulate our economy.

Each year, the Federal Government spends over $400 billion in taxpayer dollars to pay private companies for goods and services.

Ultimately, it seems to me, Ms. Adams, that we have these different reports and the government collects them.

Thank you, Chairman Coats and Ranking Member Maloney, for hosting the hearing today on the national debt, and to our panelists, thank you very much for your testimony and for being here.

I am absolutely opposed to efforts to undermine the Department of Education and the spirit of the law.

do you truly believe that allowing States to choose how to determine the success of subgroups will actually result in the improvement of subgroup outcomes?

We need to value our educators more and we have some questions in North Carolina about whether or not we do that.

Manufacturing is an important industry in the State of North Carolina that I represent, and it has been impacted by automation.

I think part of helping employment in the manufacturing industry rebound is understanding that automation and the skilled workforce can co-exist.

Next week will be the 1 year anniversary of the Adams Hunger Initiative that I launched in the Twelfth District in North Carolina to raise awareness of the high level of hunger and food insecurity in the communities that I represent.

Hunger is a consequence of not having a good-paying job that earns enough food to put on the table and to raise a family.

I want to strongly encourage my colleagues on this committee to focus on the vital importance of service to our Nation.

Service is the rent that we pay for living on this Earth and it is also the foundation of our democracy, and its value to our society cannot be overstated.

But I just wanted to just comment that I think that we wasted a lot of time with baseless attacks.

the Select Panel on the Planned Parenthood has been nothing more in my opinion than a political theater.