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WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), an incoming member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, tonight voted for H.R. 4853, the Middle Class Tax Relief Act. The legislation avoids a $3.8 trillion tax increase on all Americans by providing a two-year extension of all current tax rates, as well as the 15 percent rate on capital gains and dividends.

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.

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.

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.

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.