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September 30, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 335-91 for a 45-day continuing resolution to avert a federal government shutdown.


September 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) announced the relaunch of the Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance. The caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Adam Smith and Young Kim, is a bipartisan effort to examine the way the U.S. currently delivers foreign assistance, explore success stories in the delivery of assistance, and identify ways to improve U.S. foreign assistance and development to maximize its impact and benefit.


August 24, 2023
RENTON, WA - On Wednesday, August 24, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) hosted Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), for a visit to Evergreen Treatment Services in Renton. Rep. Smith and Dr. Delphin-Rittmon sat down for a discussion about the nationwide substance use crisis and the steps we can take at the local, state, and federal level to address this crisis.
Issues:Health Care

August 22, 2023

SEATTLE, WA -On Friday, August 18, Representative Adam Smith hosted a roundtable with representatives from the Washington State Department of Commerce, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and community partners and stakeholders to discuss broadband access in Washington state and newly announced funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in 2021.


August 9, 2023

SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after introducing the Expanding Service Coordinators Act with Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.). This legislation would increase funding for and make reforms to service coordinator programs to expand the national service coordinator workforce, which is currently strained.

Issues:Housing

July 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after he voted against the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill advanced by House Republicans.

July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill.


June 29, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action, heavily restricting how universities can consider race in admissions decisions.
Issues:Education

June 26, 2023
SEATTLE, WA - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced it is awarding over $33 million of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to King County Metro through the Low or No Emission Vehicle Grant Program.

June 24, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.
"Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's radical ruling in Dobbs v.