Press Releases

SEATTLE, WA – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement on the passing of George R. Nethercutt, Jr. who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005 representing Washington’s Fifth District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) recently announced the 15 Community Project Funding requests he submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations bill.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024, which would grant U.S. citizenship to international adoptees who were legally adopted in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement on the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza and the urgent need to reach a ceasefire agreement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement announcing the 15 Community Project Funding requests he submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations bills.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, sending it to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding legislative efforts to prevent President Biden from pausing dumb bomb shipments to Israel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement on the stalled labor negotiations between Boeing and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local I-66 union members that has resulted in a lockout.