Skip to main content

Press Releases

January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump blaming diversity requirements at the Federal Aviation Administration for the fatal collision of an Army helicopter and Canadair Regional Jet over the Potomac River Wednesday night.

January 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Smith joined 153 House Democrats in sending a letter to the Trump Administration after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that could pause all disbursements of Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding immediately.

January 21, 2025

I welcome the news of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which occurred as a result of intense negotiations and diligent work by our allies and partners across the region, aided by the leadership of the Biden Administration.

January 15, 2025

Senator Murray secured major funding boost for Capital Investment Grants Program—which funded this award—in 2022 government funding package and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

December 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Smith released the following statement:

December 20, 2024

"On September 6, Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was fatally shot in the West Bank while she was peacefully participating in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the Palestinian village of Beita.

December 19, 2024

I voted against the partisan Republican proposal today because it was created solely to serve Musk and Trump, not the American people.

December 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, bringing this important legislation one step closer to becoming law.
December 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Rep. Smith, Rep. Jayapal, and Sen. Murray released the following statement urging the Biden Administration to immediately launch an investigation into the fatal shooting of U.S. Citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank:
 

November 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Smith released the following statement:

“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Israel, Lebanon, and the Lebanese people.