Press Releases
SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after a draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court showed that the Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping millions of Americans of their rights and endangering millions more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement, announcing the departure of his longtime Chief of Staff, Shana Chandler, and other senior staff changes.
SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order, which will protect America's old-growth forests by creating a cohesive strategy across the federal government and fighting wildfires with data, combat global deforestation and coordinate foreign assistance, and direct the first national nature assessment in the history of the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the distribution of more than $20 billion for Fiscal Year 2022 to strengthen public transit across the country, including over $379 million for Washington State, representing the largest investment in public transit in our country's history.
SEATTLE, WA -Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the passing of Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, ambassador to the United Nations, and veteran diplomat.
"Yesterday, we lost a dedicated and honorable public servant in Congressman Young and today I join the entire country in mourning that loss. As the longest-serving Republican in the House of Representatives, Don spent 49 years serving the people of Alaska and working to strengthen his beloved state.