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Since the 2024 election, we've had some big successes, including the implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, introduction of the Momnibus, IGNITE HBCU Infrastructure, passage of the FUTURE ACT and other initiatives to support health and food security. These legislative victories are responsible for everything from the Child Tax Credit to over a billion dollars in transit funding and billions for Housing, public schools and Higher Education.
Alma On The Issues
Standing Up For Women
I will always fight for a woman’s right to choose and the right to privacy. Reproductive issues are health care issues, and they should be kept private between a woman and her doctor. Despite all our progress, women are still fighting for equal health care, equal pay, equal representation, equal respect, and equal rights.
When the Supreme Court struck down Roe, it took reproductive health care decisions from women. I will continue to fight to ensure women’s rights are restored and protected.
I will continue to support legislation that would provide paid family and medical leave benefits, making it easier for women who want to work and need to work to support her family or pursue her education is able to do so.
Improving Public Education and Higher Education
As a retired educator, I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person’s life. I will always be a champion for public schools, our teachers, our children and our Historically Black Colleges and Universities. I want to make sure our HBCUs not only survive but thrive. That’s why in 2019 I sponsored and introduced H.R. 5363, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act that permanently provides funding totaling $255 million a year for all Minority-Serving Institutions, including $85 million for HBCUs.
In 2023, I introduced The IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, which would be an historic investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities nationwide and would provide the necessary infrastructure (physical and personnel) improvements at our HBCUs.
As a Stakeholder Representative for North Carolina’s 12th district, I want to make sure Charlotte’s students have every opportunity to succeed — from strong public schools to affordable colleges, to the federal support our families rely on. I’ll continue to stand up for student aid, for HBCUs, and for an education system that leaves no child behind.
Fighting for Better Healthcare
Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” The United States has the worst maternal health outcomes, including mortality and morbidity, out of all other developed nations. Black women are three to four times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related complication compared to white women. That’s why I co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus and why I’m fighting for the Momnibus, a package of 14 bills focused on improving maternal health outcomes and closing the disparity gap. My Stillbirth Prevention Act became law this year which will expand funding for research and prevention and I’m working to pass the Endometriosis Care Act.
I continue to support a single-payer health care system and an expansion to tax credits to help citizens afford health insurance and have fought for several decades to ensure North Carolina expansion of Medicaid that was finally expanded in 2024. I believe health care is a basic human right that should be accessible and affordable for all our citizens.