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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), co-chairman of the Congressional Rural Veterans Caucus, today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Ret. Gen. Eric Shinseki regarding the VA’s recent proposal to reduce veterans’ health services at the VA Black Hills Health Care System facility in Hot Springs, South Dakota.
The November jobs report, which showed nearly twice as many Americans dropped out of the labor force than found work, underscored the deep and systemic problems still affecting the economy. One of those areas is our outdated tax code. Over the years, it has grown too complicated and cumbersome, and it is fundamentally unfair. There are many drivers of our sluggish economy, but we never will recover the jobs lost during the recession unless we undertake comprehensive tax reform.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), co-chairman of the Congressional Rural Caucus, today issued the following statement after passage of the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act (H.R. 1633) in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement after passage of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), chairman of the Congressional Rural Veterans Caucus, today released the following statement commemorating the December 7, 1941 attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor:
With our nation in the midst of the worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression, you would think policymakers would be focused on reducing barriers to job creation. Not so. High unemployment has many drivers, but one of the most obvious culprits is over-regulation.
Unnecessary regulations and their unintended consequences are self-inflicted wounds on our economy. They drive up the cost of doing business, leaving employers with fewer resources to hire and invest. Instead of making job creation easier and cheaper, Washington has been making it harder and more expensive.
Washington, D.C.– Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will be able to meet with a representative of Congressman Smith’s Grand Island office for a “mobile office” on Tuesday, December 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (CT) in York.
Washington, D.C.– Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will be able to meet with a representative of Congressman Smith’s Scottsbluff office for a “mobile office” on Wednesday, December 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (MT) in Chadron.