WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * CHARLOTTE - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), released the following statement on the passing of former Greensboro Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson: "Greensboro has lost a giant. "Like me, Yvonne Johnson lived by the old Shirley Chisholm quote, "Service is the rent we pay for living on God's Earth." She was more than the first Black Mayor of Greensboro. "My f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * "Once again, this administration shows us where their priorities lie--and it's not with the American people. "In his last days in office, the president rushes to send a blank $1 billion check to Africa meanwhile families in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia are left struggling from two hurricanes with a measly $750 and a pat on the back. "Disgusting." * * * Original text here: https:/ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Dave Joyce (OH-14), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Don Bacon (NE-02) hosted a virtual press conference to announce the introduction of their Safer Sports for Athletes Act. Alongside survivors and advocates, the lawmakers introduced their bipartisan legislation to strengthen the U.S. Center for SafeSport (SafeSport) and help end sexual, physical, and emotional abu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) honored late Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson's decades of public service in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Watch Congresswoman Manning's Floor remarks here(link is external). Transcript of Congresswoman Manning's remarks: I rise today to honor the memory of my dear friend and a true pillar of the Greensboro community, Yvonne more PR