Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with his colleagues Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Peter Welch (D-VT), introduced the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2021. The bill would authorize physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists, referred to as advanced practice providers, to begin supervising patients' day-to-day cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation care to expand patient access to cardiovascular services.
Washington, D.C. – Congressmen Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Jim Costa (D-CA) today along with Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and Mike Thompson (D-CA), led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to Michael A. Khouri, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, voicing concern over reports that certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from U.S. ports.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) invites high school students from across Nebraska's Third District to submit their artwork for the 2021 Congressional Art Competition by Friday, March 19.
"The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity for young Third District artists to showcase their talents in the U.S. Capitol,"said Rep. Smith."I look forward to partnering with the Nebraska Art Teachers Association to review this year's submissions."
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with the co-chairs of the House Biofuels Caucus, introduced the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act and the Adopt GREET Act today. These two new pieces of legislation would increase access to biofuels for consumers and require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fully recognize their environmental benefits.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) took to the floor of the House of Representatives today to speak in opposition of the proposed budget reconciliation ahead of the vote on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Smith voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Watch Congressman Smith's floor speech here.
Remarks as prepared for delivery:
Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this package
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in cosponsoring a resolution celebrating National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Week as the week of February 20-27, 2021. The resolution recognizes the important role of the National FFA Organization in providing educational and career opportunities to students. The resolution celebrates more than 50 years of National FFA Alumni and Supporters with more than 8 million alumni worldwide and more than 760,000 members across the United States.
Washington, DC — Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) joined his fellow co-Chairs of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus, Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Cindy Axne (D-IA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), and Mark Pocan (D-WI), in introducing bipartisan legislation to ensure transparency and predictability to the Environmental Protection Agency's small refinery exemption (SRE) process.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will hold virtual mobile offices to meet with constituents of the Third District. In order to ensure sufficient capacity, the virtual mobile offices are divided by time zone. Constituents living in the Central Time Zone should plan to attend the meeting on Tuesday, February 16, and constituents living in the Mountain Time Zone should plan to attend the meeting on Thursday, February 18. Those interested in attending must pre-register at the links provided below.
Washington, D.C.– Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) has been selected to continue as Ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures for the 117th Congress. The subcommittee has jurisdiction over federal tax legislation and the Internal Revenue Code. Smith released the below statement after Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), the Republican Leader for the Ways and Means Committee, announced his leadership role.
Washington, D.C.– The Nebraska congressional delegation released the following statements after legislation renaming Homestead National Monument in Gage County, Nebraska, as Homestead National Historical Park was signed into law. The bill, H.R.1472, was introduced by Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03) with support from Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) and Don Bacon (NE-02). Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) introduced the Senate companion (S. 1910) with support from Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE). H.R.