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January 26, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) was named Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. Smith released the following statement:

January 12, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of former Governor Pete Ricketts to the United States Senate: 

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January 9, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, their bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using its massive, $80 billion infusion of taxpayer dollars to squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers:

January 9, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, released the following statement after Representative Jason Smith (R-MO) was elected by the Steering Committee to serve as Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means:

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January 6, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives:

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December 23, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it was delaying enforcement of its new 1099-K income reporting threshold for one year:

December 9, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) led members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in a letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. In the letter, the members raise concerns about the Mexican government’s failure to adhere to their biotechnology commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the need for immediate enforcement action.

December 8, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would enable the year-round, nationwide sale of ethanol blends higher than 10%, helping to lower fuel prices and improve stability and certainty in the U.S. fuel market.

December 6, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lead Republican of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Biden administration’s support of extending the deadline for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to decide whether the TRIPS waiver should extend to diagnostics and therapeutics: