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For over 200 years American patriots have shed their blood to fight for independence, liberty, and a democratic process that puts more power into the hands of citizens than monarchs and tyrants. Our country's history is also marked with numerous physical and political battles to expand the right to vote to millions more deserved Americans.
Rep. Jason Smith Helps Secure Additional Operations at Veterans Clinic in Salem
Smith meets with VA official, advances Veterans services at Salem VA
Thousands of brave Americans have answered the call of duty to serve our country and protect us from terrorism.
The coming weeks will ultimately decide the future of the United States Supreme Court for decades to come. Our next President will have the opportunity to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia by exercising his or her most significant responsibility as expressly set forth in Article II of the United States Constitution. And the reality is, never has this decision mattered more.
For every instance of one fraudulent vote, a legitimate American voter is disenfranchised. As the Supreme Court of the United States recognized when it upheld the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter identification law in 2008, “… not only is the risk of voter fraud real but…it could affect the outcome of a close election.”
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Jason Smith sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy raising concerns with the EPA's preliminary ecological risk assesment for atrazine, a herbicide widely used by many Missouri farmers. Read the full letter here.
1,811. It was learned this week that was the number of illegal aliens who were ‘mistakenly’ granted American citizenship by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. All of these 1,811 illegal immigrants now turned American citizens were previously ordered to be deported or removed from the U.S.
U.S. House Passes Rep. Jason Smith's Bill to Increase Coverage Options for those with Kidney Failure
U.S. House Passes Rep. Jason Smith’s Bill to Increase Coverage Options for those with Kidney Failure
Smith’s bill gives Americans Suffering with End Stage Renal Disease the health care options they deserve
Kendell and Laurie Clarkston exemplify the true meaning and heart of adoption. As physicians serving in Willow Springs, Missouri, both have directly seen the needs of children living in impoverished conditions and without the love and nurture of a family. While having two biological children of their own, the Clarkstons always felt a tug on their hearts to bring other children into their home
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NEWS: Delta Regional Authority, state and local partners invest more than $7 million into the Missouri Bootheel economy
Investment helps expands fiber optic infrastructure in Marquette tech district
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, has been chosen to serve on a powerful leadership committee in the House, the first Missourian appointed since U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., was a House representative years ago.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- There's nothing quite like the warmth generated by a cozy old wood stove during winter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment Thursday eliminating new EPA regulations on wood stoves.
The amendment, introduced by Congressman Jason Smith, R-8th District, passed with a bipartisan vote of 247-177 and was added to H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act.
Missouri's Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon says screening refugees is the federal government's job and is calling for safeguards following deadly terror attacks in Paris.
Nixon in a Monday statement didn't say he'd block Syrian refugees from settling in Missouri.
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On Friday, October 28th, Congressman Smith's downtown Farmington office welcomed Harvest Night Trick-or-Treaters.
On Tuesday, November 1st, Congressman Smith congratulated the Class 1 State Champion Van Buren Lady Dawgs Softball Team.
On Friday, November 4th, Congressman Smith met with people living with type 1 diabetes to hear how the disease affects their lives. Meeting with him in his Farmington office are, from left, Elizabeth Foss, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Aubrie Har, Park hills; Amirah Rowland and her mother Erin, Farmington; and Aubrie's mother, Shanna Hart.