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August 26, 2022
Columns

As communities across Nebraska’s Third District are turning their attention to back-to-school matters, preparation for harvest, and of course, Cornhusker football, this season I have had the opportunity to appreciate many of the things that make the people and culture of our state special.

Issues:Rural Development
August 24, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after President Biden announced he would cancel student debt for certain borrowers:

August 24, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) has announced the names of the Third District high school students who will serve on his Youth Advisory Council for the 2022-2023 academic school year.

Youth Advisory Council members include:  

Issues:Education
August 19, 2022
Columns

Recently I joined several of my colleagues at a roundtable hosted by the Energy, Climate, and Conservation (ECC) Task Force to discuss proven solutions to help build resilient communities around our country by, in part, effectively addressing threats of storms, floods, wildfires, droughts, and more.

Issues:AgricultureBudgetEconomyEnergy
August 19, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) are invited to meet with a representative of his office at an upcoming mobile office in Falls City, Fairbury, or Geneva, and an upcoming caseworker in your community event in McCook, Curtis, Benkelman, or Trenton.

August 12, 2022
Columns

This month I had plans to spend the August district work period connecting with folks in the Third District to hear their concerns and discuss the challenges Nebraskans face. Being called back to Washington for a vote on an ill-conceived, dead-end tax-and-spend package was not on my agenda.

Issues:BudgetEconomyTaxes
August 5, 2022
Columns

A recession is the worst time to raise taxes, yet here we are again – fighting against a tax-and-spend agenda. Last week, new government data show what American families have been feeling for months now: we are officially in a recession. The U.S. economy shrank by .9 percent in the second quarter of the year, the second consecutive quarter of negative growth.

Issues:EconomyJobsTaxes
August 3, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) are invited to meet with a congressional caseworker from his office in Bassett and Springview on Friday, August 12th and Taylor and Brewster on Tuesday, August 16th.

July 29, 2022
Columns

As families begin to think about back-to-school purchases, Americans received a series of bad news about the economy this week. According to analysis by Deloitte, back to school shoppers will spend, on average, a whopping $661 per student shopping for supplies. Compared to 2019, this is an increase of 27 percent, and compared to 2021, an increase of 8 percent.

Issues:EconomyTaxes
July 26, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lead Republican of the House Ways and Means Committee's Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement on enactment of the Formula Act, Smith's bipartisan legislation to temporarily suspend tariffs on FDA-approved infant formula: