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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) are leading an effort to guarantee interns in the House of Representatives are paid a livable wage.

In a letter sent to the House Appropriations Committee, Smith and Moulton are advocating for funding levels in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill that would ensure all House offices will be able to compensate one full-time intern and one part time intern working 50% of the time year-round each at a wage of $15 per hour.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) sent a letter with 54 of their colleagues to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies requesting $100 million be included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill for mental health crisis response teams. These emergency response programs divert mental health crisis calls from law enforcement to teams of specialized service providers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) led 22 members in a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies requesting the highest possible funding be included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill for Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) and the Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP). Rep. Smith co-led the letter with Reps. Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding President Biden's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) introduced the 911 Community Crisis Responders Act, which would create a grant program for states, tribes, and localities to create and expand mobile crisis response programs, made up of specialized service providers, that serve as a first response to nonviolent emergency calls. These programs enable communities to enhance public safety, deliver better outcomes for community members, and reduce strain on the resources police departments expend on responding to these calls.

SEATTLE, WA - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the recent violence in the town of Lascanood.

SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"One year ago today, the world watched in shock as Russia invaded Ukraine. Predictions at the time were bleak, with many saying Ukraine would last only days following Russia's brutal and unprovoked invasion.

SEATTLE, WA - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced three pieces of legislation to help mitigate the impacts of aviation noise and emissions: the Aviation Impacted Communities Act, the Aviation Noise and Emissions Mitigation Act, and the Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act. The Ninth District is home to several airports, and impacted communities are left to deal with the negative effects of aviation noise and emissions pollution on their health and wellbeing with insufficient support.