TUSKEGEE, Alabama, March 16 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D, NC-12), accepted the Booker T. Washington Award on behalf of Tuskegee University, yesterday, honoring her long years of public service on behalf of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Award is named in honor of Booker T. Washington, a freed slave who spent years advocating for Black liberation and education in the late 1  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: Birmingham, AL -- Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that her office is now accepting submissions for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to high school students from both public and private schools throughout Alabama's 7th Congressional District, as well as home-schooled high school students. The winner will receive free round-trip airfare for two to Washington D.C.  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member of the Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee, continues to stand up for American farmers and agriculture workers. As the Biden administration insists on overregulating and crushing the agriculture industry, Senator Tuberville is standing up for farmers by cutting red tape, advocating for a strong Far  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Following warnings from U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), the U.S. Department of Commerce has reversed a preliminary decision that would have greatly reduced antidumping duties on imported catfish from companies controlled by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  The Commerce Department action followed concerns raised by the Senators that the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry  more