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Op-Ed: The Vital Role of Foreign Assistance
June 13, 2013
Blog Post
Congressman Smith and Congressman Crenshaw are the co-chairs of the Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance. They wrote the following Op-Ed on the importance of foreign assistance that was published in Politico. The vital role of foreign assistance
By REP. ANDER CRENSHAW and REP. ADAM SMITH | 6/10/13 10:05 PM EDT
Reps. Smith, Gibson, Udall Lead Bipartisan Effort Against Indefinite Detention
June 11, 2013
Press Release
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, Congressman Adam Smith, Republican Congressman Chris Gibson, and Senator Mark Udall, who serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation to ensure that any individual detained on U.S. soil under the Authorization of Military Force (AUMF) has access to due process. The bills would repeal the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that requires mandatory military custody of any individual captured on U.S. soil and suspected of terrorism.
Congressman Smith Statement on 50th Anniversary of Equal Pay Act
June 9, 2013
Press Release
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09), made the following statement to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act:
Congressman Smith Statement on Amendment Targeting DREAMers in Homeland Appropriations Bill
June 5, 2013
Press Release
Today, Congressman Smith voted against the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which included an amendment offered by Steve King (R-IA) that would prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funds from going to the continued implementation of the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that protects DREAMers from deportation:
The Cost of Detention at Guantanamo Bay
June 4, 2013
Blog Post

The Cost of Detention at Guantanamo Bay

Today, the House Armed Services Committee will debate the merits of continuing to operate an expensive and unnecessary detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Recently, Ranking Member Adam Smith authored an oped, "An Exit Strategy from Detention at Guantanamo," laying out the reasons why the facility should be closed.

Congressman Smith's Rural Economic Vitalization Act Gaining Support
June 4, 2013
Press Release

Just days after Congressman Adam Smith reintroduced the Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA), the legislation has received broad support from several organizations and has been cosponsored by 8 members of Congress. Below are statements of support for REVA.

Mike Hudak, Leader, Sierra Club Grazing Team

Ranking Member Smith's Statement on Appointment of Susan Rice
June 4, 2013
Press Release
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, Congressman Adam Smith, made the following statement in response to Ambassador Rice's appointment as National Security Adviser:
DOD Announces $91 Million Grant to Clover Park School District
June 3, 2013
Blog Post
The Department of Defense Announced today that they approved nearly $91 million in grants to the Clover Park School District to "demolish and newly construct" Greenwood, Clarkmoor, and Beachwood Elementary Schools at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. In addition to the grants from DoD, the Clover Park School District and Washington State will provide $23 million to the effort.
Congressman Smith Statement on LGBT Pride Month
June 2, 2013
Press Release
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09), made the following statement today in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, which is celebrated during the month of June:
Congressman Smith Reintroduces the Rural Economic Vitalization Act
May 28, 2013
Press Release

Congressman Adam Smith has reintroduced legislation that would address the wasteful, environmentally damaging, and economically inefficient federal grazing policy on our public lands. H.R.

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