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March 24, 2023

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.).

Issues:Health Care

March 9, 2023

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


March 7, 2023

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.


February 24, 2023

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


February 24, 2023

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.


February 16, 2023

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.


February 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address.

"President Biden's address tonight made it clear: the past two years have been marked by historic progress for the American people, and in the next two years we must work together to build on that progress in a meaningful way.


February 2, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the House Republican Resolution to ‘Denounce the Horrors of Socialism.'


January 31, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed seven people and left several others injured.

"The terrorist attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday was horrific and abhorrent. The dangerous rise in antisemitism and attacks on people trying to worship and practice their religion is unacceptable and must be condemned.


January 28, 2023

SEATTLE, WA - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after the City of Memphis released the body camera and surveillance video of the traffic stop and brutal beating that led to the death of Tyre Nichols.

Issues:Civil Rights