Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]

Boys, Girls State attendees descend on Lincoln

2012-06-03T18:55:41Z

Want proof? Just look at Nebraska’s elected officials. U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, Gov. Dave Heineman, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, Rep. Adrian Smith and state Sen. Mike Flood are all alumni of the program -- just to name a handful. Student delegates from ...

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People in business for Sunday, June 3

2012-06-03T04:43:51Z

They have two married daughters in the Grand Island area and five grandchildren. Summer interns serve in Smith’s G.I. office U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., has announced that Justin Sheldon and Abby McConnaughhay will serve as summer interns ...

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Embattled Postal Service Gets Help from Rural America

2012-06-01T16:56:22Z

Issa and Ross have begun negotiating changes to their bill, announcing recently an amendment capping rural post office closings that had been championed by Republican Representative Adrian Smith, who heads a group of rural members. An aide to ...

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Embattled U.S. Postal Service gets help from rural America

2012-06-01T14:54:40Z

Embattled U.S. Postal Service gets help from rural America

2012-06-01T14:47:31Z

Nebraska Cattlemen react to EPA flyovers

2012-06-01T13:00:08Z

There are still a lot of questions over the Environmental Protection Agency's "feedlot flyovers." We heard Wednesday night Congressman Adrian Smith about the agency taking aerial pictures of livestock operations in Nebraska and Iowa. The EPA says these so

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A name worth knowing

2012-05-31T19:56:30Z

On top of that, a person must receive a congressional nomination. Cuddeford received two, one from Congressman Adrian Smith and another Senator Mike Johanns. And then comes maybe the hardest part. "It's just a waiting game," Cuddeford said.

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View Venus, support students

2012-05-31T19:56:30Z

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Justin Sheldon and Abby McConnaughhay are serving as summer interns in the Grand Island office of Rep. Adrian Smith. Sheldon and McConnaughhay will assist in research, data entry and news gathering and will attend meetings with S

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Nebraska lawmakers question EPA flyovers

2012-05-31T16:28:55Z

Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., joined by four other Nebraska congressmen, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson demanding answers, Smith's office said in a release Tuesday. "Farmers and ranchers in Nebraska pride themselves in the ...

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Citizenship ceremony held at monument

2012-05-31T04:25:56Z

“My kids and grandkids live here,” he said. “It’s great to be a citizen now.” Representatives, including Congressman Adrian Smith, Sen. Ben Nelson and Sen. Mike Johanns were also at the event. The representatives read letters ...

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EPA planes spying on ranchers? Lawmakers want answers

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...and landowners deserve legitimate justification given the sensitivity of the information gathered by the flyovers," Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said in a statement . "Nebraskans are rightfully skeptical of an agency which continues to unilaterally insert

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Nebraska Congressmen Headlining Fundraiser for Fischer

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...Republican Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, Adrian Smith and Lee Terry are headlining a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Deb Fischer next Tuesday at the American Trucking Associations. As the invite shows, the ask is $1,000 for hosts, $250 for sponsors

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State congressional delegation questions reason for EPA aerial surveillance of feeding operations

2012-05-30T19:14:44Z

U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said many of these livestock operations are near homes, and "landowners deserve legitimate justification given the sensitivity of the information gathered by the flyovers." "Nebraskans are rightfully skeptical of ...

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EPA conducts secret flyovers in Nebraska

2012-05-30T17:13:03Z

Also is this only happening in Nebraska? Congressman Adrian Smith shared his ideas when we asked him his thoughts on a possible connection with the Humane Society of the United States. Smith added he wants to know where this type of oversight is headed ...

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Nebraska Congressmen question EPA aerial surveillance on ranches

2012-05-30T17:05:53Z

“Farmers and ranchers in Nebraska pride themselves in the stewardship of our state’s natural resources,” wrote the Nebraska lawmakers in a release on Congressman Adrian Smith’s website. “As you might imagine, this practice has resulted ...

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Law enforcement, privacy in aerial dogfight

2012-05-30T12:41:02Z

What else is being photographed? "As you might imagine, this practice has resulted in privacy concerns amon our constituents and raises several questions," U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith said in a release. "As you might imagine, this practice ahs resulted in ...

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Smith demands answers from EPA over aerial surveillance of Nebraska livestock operations

2012-05-30T01:42:28Z

Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today joined Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Lee Terry (R-NE) and Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa ...

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EPA told to come clean on feedlot flyovers

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...rightfully skeptical of an agency which continues to unilaterally insert itself into the affairs of rural America,” Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said in a statement. EPA representatives in Washington, D.C., did not immediately return messages seeking re

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EPA told to come clean on feedlot flyovers

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

Smith Demands Answers From EPA Over Aerial Surveillance Of Nebraska Livestock Operations

2012-05-29T16:38:27Z

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today joined Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Lee Terry (R-NE) and Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson inquiring ...

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