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Ninth District Congressman Adam Smith was named to the Honor Roll on the Concord Coalition Tough Choices scorecard, which scored Members of Congress on their votes related to fiscal discipline and responsible budgeting.
Ninth District Congressman Adam Smith will donate $400 to the South King County Multi-Service Center to purchase books for the agency's HEART (Homeless Education to Achieve Readiness for Tomorrow) program.
In 1997, Smith voted against a Congressional pay raise; however, it passed and Members of Congress received a 2.3 percent raise. Since then, Smith has donated that raise to education and community programs in the Ninth District.
Washington state Congressman Adam Smith today announced his support of the Crane-Dooley Sanctions Process Reform legislation, which establishes new procedures for consideration of future U.S. unilateral sanctions.
"Unilateral sanctions don't work," Smith explained. "I am a strong supporter of this legislation because it's clear that unilateral sanctions do not help advance U.S. foreign policy goals; on the contrary, unilateral sanctions can work to our disadvantage because they erect further barriers between America and the rest of the world."
Ninth District Congressman Adam Smith will introduce legislation today that will exempt family-owned businesses and farms from the estate tax.
"In my two short years in Congress, I've already witnessed family-owned businesses, the most prominent being Frank Russell Company of Tacoma, not being passed down to the next generation because of the onerous estate tax," Smith said. "My legislation will exempt family-owned businesses and farms from the estate tax so that they can stay in the family and survive."
U.S. Congressman Adam Smith will donate a portion of his Congressional pay raise to Federal Way eighth grade student Vinnie Vallejo, who is raising money to fund his role as a Student Ambassador in the People to People program.
In 1997, the House passed a 2.3% COLA, which amounts to just over $3,000 per year before taxes. After voting against the pay raise, Smith vowed to donate his pay raise to local education and community programs.