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…

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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.