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91 records, Feb 14, 2000 → Jul 21, 2026 · 35 votes · 56 statements
Records from 2000 to 2026 show Smith consistently funding technology research and promoting consumer privacy tools, from a 2000 IT funding bill to a 2001 P3P privacy resolution.2 His statements moved from backing the Patriot Act in 2001 to opposing its 2005 reauthorization and a 2006 bill to 'egregiously expand executive surveillance power.'2 He introduced a bill barring suspicionless laptop searches of returning travelers in 2008 and reintroduced nearly identical protections with Rep. Polis in 2017.2 He has voted for dozens of cybersecurity bills while opposing recent FISA reauthorizations, voting no through 2026.2
Krystal has a heated debate with Rep Adam Smith on Israel, AIPAC, DSA and more. Annie Jacobsen: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783250/biological-war-by-annie-jacobsen/ Adam Smith: https://electadamsmith.com/ To become a…
Passed 219–210 in U.S. House.
Passed 215–211 in U.S. House.
Today, Rep. Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement as President Trump reaches the end of his first 100 days in his second presidency. “The first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency have been marked with illegal firings of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Smith joined 153 House Democrats in sending a letter to the Trump Administration after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that could pause all disbursements of Inflation…