Rep. Adam Smith

AmeriCorps has been decimated by the Trump administration, despite their great work supporting service and volunteering to help those in need. I held a roundtable with folks from local AmeriCorps chapters to hear what we can do to support their work in the midst of their funding cuts.

I visited Union Gospel in Seattle to see their Hope Place facility and Woman and Children Enhanced Shelter. Thank you for showing me around and helping our community get the help they need.

It's been 193 days with Trump back in office, and the only thing he's done is cut taxes for the rich and increase prices for the working class.

It's August 1. The past three months have seen the weakest 3-month job growth period since the pandemic. Inflation has ticked up, and President Trump continues to haphazardly slap tariffs on countries around the world.

President Trump's Big Ugly Bill is taking our country in the wrong direction by adding $3.5T to the debt, gutting Medicaid, and cutting food assistance.

Today in Seattle, I visited the SouthEast Effective Development (SEED), who invest in housing, arts and economic development to help those in Southeast Seattle who may have fewer opportunities. Everyone deserves an affordable place to live, and these apartments at SEED were great to see.

Thank you to representatives from the Bellevue Fire Department, Seattle Fire Department, South King County Fire, Renton Regional Fire Association, and Puget Sound Fire for having this conversation with me.

A Puget Sound Fire representative said, "Through regional partnerships and collaboration the PSF FD CARES program plays a critical role in delivering non-emergent services to those in need, the reduction of repeat 911 calls helps keep firefighters in service for emergency 911 calls."

These teams are saving lives and helping people who fall through the cracks in our emergency and health care systems. Congress must do more to support these crisis response models.

These programs are designed to respond to low-acuity 911 calls by deploying social workers and nurses alongside first responders, helping reduce repeated emergency calls and connecting residents with the services they need.

I visited the Tukwila Fire Station 52 yesterday to meet with local fire department leaders to learn their innovative crisis response programs and discuss support for community-based emergency response. Here's what you should know:

Happy National Intern Day. Special thanks to my interns for helping out folks from Washington’s Ninth in both my Kent and D.C. offices.

Opinion | Hamas Will Never Surrender So Israel should declare victory and accept a cease-fire that returns hostages.

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The United States must lead that effort.

We can continue to support Israel’s right to defend itself while recognizing that the military campaign has reached its limits. The time has come to shift from endless war to a political strategy that brings hostages home, delivers humanitarian relief, and builds the foundations for lasting peace.

Israel must begin working with the United States, Arab partners, and the international community to support credible Palestinian alternatives to Hamas to govern Gaza and the West Bank.

It is time for an immediate ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis and for Israel to accept a permanent ceasefire in exchange for the return of the remaining hostages.

The current course of continued military operations, displacement, and indefinite occupation risks even greater instability, can undermine key regional partnerships, and diminishes Israel’s moral and strategic standing.

There are Palestinians who reject Hamas’s violence and extremism and they must be empowered to lead. A new path forward is the only way to achieve long-term peace and security.

Hamas is a terrorist organization and bears full responsibility for the horrific October 7 attacks. But continuing this war indefinitely, with devastating consequences for innocent Palestinian civilians, will not bring peace or security to Israel or the region.

After nearly two years of war, it’s clear that the complete destruction of Hamas is not a feasible or sustainable goal and the cost of continuing to try is far too high.

William Galston’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal acknowledges a hard truth: Hamas will never surrender. That truth underscores the urgent need for a fundamental shift in strategy.

The Salvation Army Street Level program connects people experiencing homelessness in King County to permanent housing. Affordable housing and homelessness are among my top priorities, so it was great to sit down with them today to discuss their work and how to improve homeless services in King Co.

YouTube video by RepAdamSmith Trump's Web of Lies

President Trump's governing philosophy is to lie. He's lied about the Epstein files. He's lied about cutting Medicaid. He's lied about stopping the war in Ukraine on Day One. He's lied about lowering inflation. This is not the way to run the United States of America.

We need funding for these programs to protect everyone in this country, including people with disabilities, low-income families, and seniors. Democrats will continue to fight for Medicaid and Medicare.

In 1965, both parties came together to enact lifesaving health care policy by signing Medicaid and Medicare into law. 60 years later, only Democrats have remained committed to upholding their promise to keep Americans safe and healthy.

Thank you to UTOPIA Washington for coming by my district office today. As members of the LGBTQ+ community have come under attack from this administration, I will continue to work to support you through your challenges and appreciate what you’ve done for Pacific Islanders in Washington.

The rise is settler violence is unacceptable and must be responded to. I call on my colleagues to cosponsor the West Bank Violence Prevention Act, which would codify Biden-era sanctions on those who perpetrate violence in the West Bank.

Israeli Settler Arrested Over Killing of Palestinian Activist in West Bank

I am horrified by the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen. The settler who shot Awdah had previously been sanctioned by the Biden administration, but those sanctions were promptly removed when President Trump took office.

Washington and the Ninth District are leading many initiatives to grow our local economies, so I appreciate those coming from Kent, Auburn, Seattle, Federal Way, Bellevue, Renton, Tukwila, and Port of Seattle to tell us about their new initiatives.