Adam Smith

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Washington - District 9

Current Position: US House Representative WA-9

Running For: House Representative - District 9

Policy Positions

For affordable housing expansion; authored the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act to force private equity divestment from single-family homes, sponsored zoning and permitting reform bills, and supported transit-oriented affordable housing development
For financial transaction taxes; co-sponsors the Wall Street Tax Act to tax high-volume financial transactions
Against Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs; signed onto an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for abusing IEEPA emergency powers to impose across-the-board tariffs
For subsidized child care; co-sponsors the Child Care for Working Families Act
For protecting SNAP benefits; opposes GOP efforts to cut SNAP for veterans, seniors, and working families

For raising the federal minimum wage to $20/hour; co-sponsors the Raise the Wage Act
For collective bargaining and union rights; co-sponsors the PRO Act to protect workers' right to organize
For corporate minimum taxes and ending stock buybacks; supports a minimum tax rate on large corporations and legislation to end corporate stock buyback programs
For paid family leave; co-sponsors the FAMILY Act establishing national paid family leave

For universal healthcare; supports creating a universal healthcare system and the State-Based Universal Health Care Act protecting Washington's healthcare model
For protecting ACA subsidies and Medicaid; co-sponsors the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act to block cuts to healthcare and food assistance
For drug price controls; supports legislation stopping Big Pharma from price gouging on life-saving medications like insulin

For environmental protections and clean energy; supports the West Coast Ocean Protection Act banning offshore oil drilling along Washington's coast, and opposes Trump administration efforts to allow Big Oil drilling off Washington's coast
For fracking chemical disclosure; supports the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act requiring disclosure of toxic chemicals used in fracking

For abortion rights; co-sponsors the Women's Health Protection Act to codify Roe nationwide, supports blocking criminalization of interstate travel for abortion care, supports abortion access for veterans, supports protecting reproductive health data, and supports ending the Hyde Amendment to ensure federal insurance coverage for abortion
For due process protections for terrorism detainees on U.S. soil; introduced a bill to ensure anyone detained under the AUMF on U.S. soil has access to federal courts, prohibiting military commissions and indefinite detention

For banning congressional stock trading; supports the Restore Trust in Congress Act
For Supreme Court ethics reform; co-sponsors the Supreme Court Ethics and Transparency Act
For protecting vote-by-mail systems; actively defends Washington's vote-by-mail system from GOP attacks

For immigration enforcement officer identification requirements; co-sponsors the VISIBLE Act requiring immigration enforcement officers to display visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions