Press Releases
SEATTLE, WA - Today Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after President Biden announced that he would cancel $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients and $10,000 of student debt for non-Pell Grant recipients for individuals making less than $125,000 per year. The new plan also includes an important provision to allow individuals to cap repayment of undergraduate loans at 5% of their monthly income.
SEATTLE, WA-Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today released the following statement marking the six-month anniversary of Russia's unlawful further invasion of Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's Independence Day.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban, which would prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after introducing the Saving Homes from Acquisition by Private Equity (SHAPE) Act, which would create a significant federal real estate transfer tax on institutional investors and private equity firms who purchase single-family homes on the open market. The revenue from this tax would go directly towards grants that will help states build and preserve affordable housing and slow the consolidation of single-family home ownership among the investor class.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) recently published an op-ed in Fox News, urging Congress to include climate provisions in an upcoming reconciliation package - legislation that Democrats can pass into law because it cannot be blocked by the filibuster. In his piece, Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) led members of the Washington State Congressional Delegation in a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen in support of the Washington Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver application. The 1332 waiver would make it possible for thousands of currently uninsured Washington residents to purchase health coverage through Washington Healthplanfinder who are currently ineligible due to their immigration status.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today the House of Representatives passed theEnsuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Actby a vote of 223 to 205 and theWomen's Health Protection Actby a vote of 219 to 210 in response to the Supreme Court's dangerous decision inDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which revoked the constitutional right to abortion.