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Rural Development

March 20, 2013

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Congressman Mike McIntyre (D-NC) will serve as co-chairmen of the bipartisan Congressional Rural Caucus for the 113th Congress.

September 19, 2012

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement today encouraging constituents to participate in United States Postal Service (USPS) surveys on reduced retail hours at certain post office locations:

September 5, 2012

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement today after launching an official website of the bipartisan Congressional Rural Caucus, which he co-chairs with Congressman Jim Matheson (D-UT):

July 12, 2012
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As our economy struggles, the lack of bipartisan solutions from Congress only adds to our frustration.

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July 10, 2012

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act introduced by Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). The legislation included amended language of Smith’s Small Scale Hydropower Enhancement Act (H.R. 795):

June 14, 2012

Broken Bow, NE – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement urging residents of Nebraska’s Third District to speak out on a Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) proposal to reduce costs by changing operating hours at more than 17,000 postal retail locations nationwide:

May 17, 2012

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement as the House Agriculture Committee continues consideration of the Farm Bill reauthorization:

April 23, 2012

Washington, DC – Today Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after he and sixteen Members of Congress sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi regarding the Postal Service targeting rural postal facilities as a means of addressing its massive budget shortfall:

April 17, 2012

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) has announced a third series of stops on his Farm Bill Listening Tour to hear from constituents and answer questions about the future of agriculture policy.