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March 16, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced the Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act, which would establish a fund through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act dedicated to providing wrap-around support services and stipends for individuals in workforce training programs and two-year education programs. This funding would help expand access to these training programs by ensuring that participating individuals can cover everyday living costs.


March 15, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the government spending package. The $1.5 trillion package includes all 12 Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations bills to fund the federal government. Importantly, the bill also includes funding to support Ukraine in their fight against Russia.


March 9, 2022
Passage of Government Spending Package Sends Dollars Back Home

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the government spending package by a vote of 260 to 171. The package includes over $9 million in funding for ten community projects across Washington's Ninth District that Rep. Smith secured through the appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.


March 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced a ban on all U.S. imports of Russian oil.

March 3, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statements after the introduction of the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2022, which would give grazing permit holders the flexibility to voluntarily waive their grazing permits on Federal lands for equitable compensation and to promote conservation of public lands.


March 1, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address.

February 11, 2022
SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement regarding the months-long unfair labor practice strike taking place across King County by members of the Teamsters Local 174 Union. The ongoing strike against the region's six major concrete suppliers has resulted in thousands of layoffs.

February 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order that will require federally funded construction projects over $35 million to use project labor agreements (PLAs), which are pre-hiring collective bargaining agreements, with one or more union organizations.

February 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed his bill,H.R. 1593, the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021, which was included in the America COMPETES Act of 2022, a package of bills passed today in the House of Representatives by a vote of 222 - 210.

February 4, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passedH.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022, a package of bills that will invest in American workers, manufacturing, research, and innovation to power our economy and bolster our competitiveness, by a vote of 222 to 210.