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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 34m

Republicans cut Medicaid, targeted Medicare, defunded Planned Parenthood, and gutted cancer research – leaving millions of Americans without the care they need. I’m fighting to stop the Republican war on health care.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 3h

It's time for them to cut their vacation short, come back to D.C., and end this shutdown they started.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 3h

Republicans have now led us through 7 days of a government shutdown. That's one who week without bipartisan negotiations and a plan to protect health care for over 30,000 people in Washington's Ninth District.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 4h

It is federal law that federal employees receive back pay after a shutdown. Full stop, Speaker Johnson.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "Federal workers, it's my understanding that the law is that they would be paid. There is some other legal analysis floating around. I haven't yet had time to dig in and read that."

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 5h

President Trump has been blocking funds going to blue states and blue communities for nine months now and if he is going to turn the government into this partisan vehicle, I think the states that are hurting should withhold taxes, file lawsuits, and say he's in fundamental violation of the law here.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 5h

Trevor from Auburn spoke with me at Monday night's town hall about how the President is withholding federal tax dollars for important programs.
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Trump has been blocking funds going to blue communities for 9 months. He's in violation of the law

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 7h

In past shutdowns, Congress has been in session and voting. This time, Speaker Johnson has closed the House floor and stopped all negotiations. We should be negotiating right now.

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House Armed Services Democrats @democrats-armedservices.house.gov · 23h

@democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member
@adamsmith.house.gov, House Intel Ranking Member
@jahimes.bsky.social, @houseforeign.bsky.social Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov, @democrats-judiciary.house.gov Ranking Member @raskin.house.gov, Homeland Ranking Member
@benniethompson.bsky.social

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

My thoughts are with the families that are grieving and the hostages that have yet to be returned. We must work for a speedy end to the war that returns the hostages and secures a better future for Israelis and Palestinians.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrifying, brutal October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. On this day, more than 1,200 men, women, and children were savagely killed, and more than 250 others were taken hostage, with at least 20 living hostages remaining in captivity.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

President Trump has run this government like Congress, democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law doesn't matter.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

We gotta keep pushing until we do.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

Last night I held a virtual town hall and reached over 13,000 constituents. In my closing remarks, I talked about three periods of history we've managed to address massive income inequality in the United States. We can learn from those times and create more opportunity, fairness, and equality.

We gotta keep pushing until we create more opportunity, fairness, and equality.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

Nearly 78,252 federal workers in Washington state face furloughs or missed paychecks under the Republican shutdown. This is straining household budgets and weakening local economies.

Republicans need to come back to the table, do their jobs, and deliver real solutions for the American people.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

If the far-right refuses to negotiate to end this government shutdown, thousands of people will lose essential funding and have their livelihoods flipped upside-down. My colleagues across the aisle need to come to the table, sit down, and negotiate for the greater good of the American people.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

In Washington state alone, over 195,000 women and children use the WIC program to buy infant formula, access critical nutrition assistance and keep their families healthy.

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

President Trump is leading an autocratic takeover of our government.

This is not normal. This is not okay.
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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

The Republican Party continues to lie about giving ACA benefits to illegal immigrants. They keep lying because they can't defend the truth.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 2d

President Trump and the Republican Party have ruled in the most partisan, dictatorial way that I've ever witnessed. Now they're asking for Democratic votes without offering anything in return. Why would we vote for that?

Trump and Republicans have ruled in the most partisan, dictatorial way that I've ever seen

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Hopium Chronicles @hopiumchronicles.bsky.social · 4d

Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, with @simonwdc.bsky.social on how Trump is weakening the ability for the US to meet the challenge of defending our country against its foreign adversaries.

Watch this new interview: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rep-adam-s...

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 4d

Trump and his supporters would rather shut the government down than work with Democrats to protect health care and lower costs.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 4d

President Trump has not only incresaed prices, snatched health care away from 15 million Americans, defunded cancer research, and give billionaires tax cuts, but he's now orchestrated a government shutdown.