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U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today voted to support our veterans and Armed Services by supporting H.R. 3043, a conference report package that included the 2008 Military Construction-VA funding bill. The legislative package included the single largest increase for veterans' health care in the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as well as key investments in the South Sound.
The conference report passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 269 to 142.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today applauded House passage of a bill to expand and improve the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program in defiance of a White House veto threat. H.R. 3920, the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007, extends TAA to service industry workers; improves access to training, health care, and wage insurance benefits; creates a program to address community needs; and reauthorizes TAA programs through fiscal year 2012.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement in response to the President's request for an additional $46 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yesterday's request brings the amount sought by the President for fiscal year 2008 war spending to $196.4 billion.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) announced today a November 1, 2007 deadline for applications for nominations from his office to a U.S. military academy.
"It is an honor for me to be able to nominate outstanding young men and women each year to the U.S. military academies. The academies provide an excellent education and an exceptional opportunity to serve our country," Smith said.
Smith may make nominations to four military academies:
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today voted to overcome the President's misguided veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act, legislation that would provide health care coverage to more than 10 million low-income children. The vote to override the President required a two-thirds majority and failed by a vote of 273 to 156.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) yesterday introduced a bill to expand and improve the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. H.R. 3801, the TAA Improvement Act, extends TAA to service industry workers; improves access to training, health care, and wage insurance benefits; creates a program to address community needs; and reauthorizes TAA programs through fiscal year 2012.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today voted for H.R. 2740, a bill to bring all private military contractors under the accountability of U.S. law. The bill closes a loophole that allows contractors working for government agencies aside from the Defense Department - like State-Department-employed Blackwater - to dodge prosecution in U.S. courts if they commit crimes in a war zone. H.R. 2740 passed by a vote of 389 to 30.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith's (D-Wash.) Global Poverty Act of 2007 today passed the House of Representatives under a suspension of the House rules. Smith spoke in favor of the legislation just before it passed by voice vote:
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U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today announced he secured language in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill to fund the redevelopment of noise mitigation land near airports. The provision provides an opportunity for partnerships like the City of Burien and the Port of Seattle to apply for up to $5 million in funds to develop buffer zones near the port's third runway.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement following his interaction with General David H. Petraeus and Ambasador Ryan C. Crocker during a joint House Armed Services / Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Petraeus and Crocker testified about Iraq and the state of the President's escalation strategy.