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The controversial Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate requiring employers to cover the full cost of contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs took effect on August 1, 2012.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced Kyle and Jody Dellevoet of Kearney will be honored with the 2012 Angels in Adoption Award for the Nebraska’s Third District.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to ensure the strongest possible sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to promote American agricultural exports across the Asia-Pacific region.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will hold an open house at his Scottsbluff office on Monday, August 6, 2012 to meet with constituents to discuss issues of importance, as well as how to take advantage of constituent services available through his office.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 6233, which would reauthorize a number of agriculture disaster programs.
Current tax rates are set to expire at the end of the year, resulting in the largest tax increase in American history. This economic calamity, known as “Taxmegeddon” or the “Fiscal Cliff,” could not come at a worse time for taxpayers.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 8, which would prevent the largest tax hike in American history when the current rates expire at the end of the year. Tomorrow, the House is expected to pass H.R. 6169, which would provide an expedited process for comprehensive tax reform in 2013.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement after Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) introduced S. 3467, a bill which would place a one-year moratorium on Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) use of aerial surveillance. Congressman Smith introduced similar legislation in July.
America’s relationship with Russia is complex. Russia is currently the world’s ninth largest economy and growing. In 2011 alone, Nebraska exported $154 million worth of goods to Russia, which directly supported an estimated 560 jobs here at home. However, I and many others remain concerned regarding Russia’s recent behavior and trading policies.