Subcommittee Ranking Member Adams Defends Students Rights to Free Speech on College Campuses
May 01, 2026
May 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Alma Adams, D-North Carolina, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following opening statement on April 29, 2026, at 's hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education":
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank our witnesses for being here today.
"Let me start with a po . . .
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank our witnesses for being here today.
"Let me start with a po . . .