Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement after a judge ruled the federal health care law unconstitutional. Today's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson found Congress lacks the authority to impose the law's "individual mandate" which forces Americans to purchase individual health care or pay a penalty.
Smith has cosponsored legislation in the House of Representatives repealing the individual mandate and has signed an amicus brief in a similar suit filed by 20 other states (including Nebraska).
WASHINGTON, DC- Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) today announced Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) has been named to the House Committee on Ways and Means. The committee has jurisdiction over Social Security and Medicare, tax and revenue legislation, and trade matters. Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI) was named chairman of the committee yesterday.
Subcommittee assignments will be made at a later date.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), a member of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, today voted against a bill which would grant illegal immigrants - some of whom could be as old as 30 - legal status based on two years of military service or admittance to an institution of higher education.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today voted against a $1.1 trillion funding act which wraps the 12 major spending bills Congress failed to pass this year into one massive bill.
The bill, which will fund government operations through next September, continues House Democrats' unsustainable spending policies and does nothing to curb the waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. The bill also includes several unrelated provisions, most notably food safety legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement commemorating the December 7, 1941 attack on the U.S. Naval Base Pearl Harbor:
"As Americans joined together in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor, we must continue to live up to the spirit of courage of the 16 million Americans who served during World War II.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement regarding the bipartisan agreement on taxes between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders:
"Unless Congress and the President act, a $3.8 trillion tax hike is set to take effect on January 1, 2011. This would be the largest tax increase in our country's history, and the average Nebraska family will see its federal income taxes skyrocket from $3,461 to $5,090 - an increase of $1,600.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement regarding negotiators from the U.S. and South Korea reaching a deal on a trade agreement, potentially moving forward an issue which has been stalled since 2007:
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives pushed through an attempt to prevent only some of the $3.8 trillion tax increases slated to go into effect on January 1st. Smith joined with 167 Republicans and 20 Democrats in opposition to the legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced his nomination of the following students to the U.S. Service Academies for the class entering the fall of 2011.
Thomas Blanton is a recent graduate of Alliance High School in Alliance. He has been nominated to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement celebrating our nation's veterans.
"Today is an opportunity for us to recognize the 150,000 Nebraska veterans - and their families - who have served our nation with dignity and honor.
"Millions of men and women have offered their lives to guarantee our freedoms. These rights we enjoy cannot be maintained without effort. Every day, we should remember the sacrifices of our troops and those who love them.