Alma Adams

I have, over the years, appreciated Planned Parenthood's good work in promoting healthcare for men and for women.

The bill, in my opinion, is mean-spirited. It punishes people in high unemployment areas.

What I see in my district, and certainly the polling bears this out, but the reality of our lives bears this out, people want to understand what is in their food.

And by the way, all farms are small farms in New Hampshire by any of my colleagues' reckoning.

What components of the USDA transfer are you thinking about potentially benefiting those veterans as they transition back from active duty into veteran status?

The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is critically important to higher education in general

We might need to look at that, not that I want to be punitive.

I have a very serious interest in HBCUs.

Congressman David Rouzer of North Carolina, and North Carolina A&T University graduate, Congresswoman Alma Adams, who has served as a Representative and advocate for more than 20 years.

People are working hard every day, two and three jobs. Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough.

We have about 600,000 children who qualify for free and reduced lunch and only 14 percent are accessing.

I heard a troubling story about a child who was 20 to 30 feet from the approved site of the bus stop where the food was being served.

I have some serious issues with food insecurity in North Carolina. We have got a high rate, 26 percent.

But we must ensure that we are equipping institutions, like our HBCUs, with the tools and the resources necessary to serve the unique needs of their student populations.

I believe that higher education should be accessible to everyone regardless of their race, their ethnicity, their religion, or any other factors that make us unique.

We need to give special consideration, special focus on institutions that provide access and are affordable.

I believe that we have to be more thoughtful about how we measure the success of these institutions.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reauthorize the Higher Education Act in this Congress.

I wish to acknowledge the Ranking Member of our full committee, Congressman Bobby Scott, and thank him for being here for this important hearing.

We must move away from linear measurements of success that do not take into account the unique circumstances that face low-income students that are often students of color.

Given their vital importance to underrepresented and low-income students, the federal government must continue to support and invest in these institutions.

I wish to acknowledge the ranking member of our full committee, Congressman Bobby Scott, and thank him for being here for this important hearing.

Thank you, Chairwoman Foxx, for holding this hearing on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

More important than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.

Hunger is pervasive, urgent, and unfortunately, still growing.