Smith Responds to Trade Vote

Press Release

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to give Congress the authority to direct and oversee Presidential trade negotiations through Trade Promotion Authority. However, because a vote on further trade-related provisions failed, the House did not pass the legislation. The bill remains in the House for possible future consideration.

"I am pleased the House demonstrated strong support for ensuring oversight and direction of the administration's trade agenda," Smith said. "I will continue working to hold the President accountable while improving access for Nebraska producers to the 96 percent of consumers worldwide who live outside our country. We cannot sit idly and leave a commercial and political vacuum to be filled by other countries."

Smith is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade policy.

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