Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.  - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash) sent a letter, cosigned by 102 of his colleagues, to urge the U.S. to investigate the fatal shooting of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.  

See below for the full letter. 

Dear President Biden, Secretary Blinken, and Attorney General Garland: 

WASHINGTON – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash) released the following statement on the stalled labor negotiations between Boeing and union workers that has resulted in a strike:

Today, more than 33,000 union workers, mostly in Washington, brought Boeing airplane production to a halt with a strike.

I strongly urge the parties to return to the negotiating table and participate in good faith discussions that result in a strong agreement.

Rep. Smith Statement on the Death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (WA-09) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) are calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to phase out the use of private, for-profit detention centers for immigrants in U.S. custody and consider alternatives to expanding the immigration detention system.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the recent decision by Supreme Court of the United States to grant legal immunity to a former President for crimes committed using his official power.
 

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09) sent a letter to Dr. Thomas Bundt, the Executive Director of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, concerning Building 18 at VA Puget Sound.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Adam Smith (WA-09) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) are today announcing $5,000,000 in funding for the City of Seattle from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, released the following joint statement in response to an amendment to the Department Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act, which would have temporarily reduced the number of F-35 aircraft purchased in fiscal year 2025 until program failures were addressed, being ruled out of order and blocked from debate.