Trade
This week, the American people chose to return Donald Trump to the White House while also electing a Republican majority to the Senate, and likely the House as well. Investors also received good news this week as the stock market had its best one-week rally in a year. Corn and soybean prices ended the week higher than they began, and multiple indexes surpassed record highs.
As Third District farmers round out the fall harvest season, it is an appropriate time to note how hard agriculture producers work to feed and fuel the world and how this drives our state’s economy.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement on the Constitutional Reform of Strategic State Industries and Enterprises which passed the Mexican Senate. The legislation which had previously passed in the lower house, gives increased market preference to state-owned electric utilities.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement in response to today’s White House event with select agriculture groups chosen by the administration.
"If the Biden-Harris administration is serious about supporting American agriculture producers, their actions have failed to align with their words.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after President Biden made comments on the latest jobs report.
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) led a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) led a letter alongside fellow Congressional Agricultural Trade Caucus co-chairs Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), Dusty Johnson, (R-SD), and Jimmy Panetta, (D-CA) to Ambassador Luis Gilberto Murillo, the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States.
Securing our country’s borders and safeguarding the American people are fundamental responsibilities of the federal government. Ongoing human trafficking at the border is a humanitarian crisis, and the smuggling of fentanyl and other illicit substances poses a serious risk to Americans.
Last weekend, the 8th Annual All Nebraska Tractor Drive took place in Franklin and Harlan Counties. The event featured roughly 100 antique tractors and raised funds for the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney.