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52 records, Mar 27, 2001 → Jul 30, 2026 · 52 statements
Smith's utilities record opens with 2001 energy-crisis conservation summits and opposition to fossil-fuel-favoring bills, then moves through renewable-energy and green-building legislation across the 2000s and 2010s.4 He authored or joined bills funding utility infrastructure, from the Lakehaven Utility District wastewater project to the 2025 CHARGE Act for community health center energy resilience.2 Since 2025 he has focused on rising utility costs, hosting energy-assistance webinars and criticizing a 2026 bill and the Iran war over higher electricity and gas prices.3
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and David Valadao (R-Calif) introduced the Community Health Access Through Resilient Grid Energy (CHARGE) Act, bipartisan legislation that creates a new grant program at the…