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January 29, 2024

SEATTLE, WA – Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement on the agreement between the federal government and the Six Sovereigns – the Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, Washington State, and Oregon State – regarding the Columbia-Snake River System. 
 


January 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement on Israel and Gaza.
 


January 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) announced the winners of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge from Washington’s Ninth District. This year’s first-place winner is Volapyk, created by Davin Aoyama and Abhay Raj from Mercer Island High School. The second-place winner is Commuter, created by Piyush Acharya, Nishant Vikramaditya, and Aarnav Bhat from Interlake High School. The third-place winner is Waste Watcher, created by Elizabeth Nguyen and Aiden Yav from Hazen High School.
 


December 22, 2023

SEATTLE, WA – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) issued the following statement regarding the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling for a surge in aid to civilians in Gaza. 


December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sending the bill to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The bill passed by a vote of 310 to 118.
 


December 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sound Transit and Mercy Housing broke ground this week on the Mercy Angle Lake Family Housing project, located next to the Sound Transit Angle Lake Light Rail station in SeaTac. Sound Transit is the first in the country to use the Affordable Housing Disposition Method which extinguishes federal interest in properties transferred to nonprofits and community-based organizations for affordable housing. The Affordable Housing Disposition Method was made possible by the Promoting Affordable Housing Near Transit Act that Rep.


December 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Adam Smith (Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee), Garret Graves (Chairman, House Aviation Subcommittee), and Mark Green (Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security), along with Representatives Michael Guest, Dina Titus, and Salud Carbajal, have introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5840 - the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act - to eliminate the redundant fees and background checks for essential transportation workers.


December 5, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today released the following statement on the resolution condemning antisemitism.

December 5, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) teamed up to introduce the bicameral End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023.

Issues: Housing

December 1, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today released the following statement on the vandalism against his home in Bellevue, Washington regarding the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

"Last night, my house was vandalized by people advocating for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. This attack is sadly reflective of the coarsening of the political discourse in our country, and is completely unwarranted, unnecessary, and harmful to our political system.