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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|Missouri District 8
Jason Smith
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Voting Record — 550
Yes78%
No20%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Jason Smith
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanMissouri District 8
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Jason's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 7 sponsored · 7 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
UMN will be using $50 million in federal funding to create a technical assistance center where underserved communities across the region can get help applying for clean energy and environmental programs.
It'll make a real difference in communities left behind.
Many communities have energy and environmental challenges, and federal programs to help can be complicated.
As we implement the biggest clean energy and environmental justice law in history, one of my top priorities is helping Minnesotans cut through red tape and get access.
The Highway 610 Extension Project is more than just concrete and asphalt. It will create 500 new jobs and ease commutes between major employment centers.
It’ll make working families’ lives a bit easier – and we just secured the last piece of funding needed to finish the job.
In June, I held a hearing to discuss housing issues in Indian Country, and we discussed the importance of Tribes finding solutions that work for their unique communities. Kudos to Lower Sioux for their ingenuity!
Lower Sioux Indian Community is addressing their housing shortage with a unique building material —“hempcrete.”
Hempcrete, made from hemp plants, is energy efficient andresistant to things like fire, mold and pests. It’s a perfect example of innovation in housing.
We need a Native Farm Bill, and the best ideas come from those closest to the issues. Hearing stories and perspectives from producers like David and Patra Wise is critical for me to advocate for them back in Washington.
We have a severe housing shortage in Minnesota and across the country. Duluth is working to fix that in their community with innovative solutions.
I visited Fairmont Cottage Village today, which will provide more affordable housing for the residents of Duluth.
Everybody deserves high quality health care, but rural areas struggle with recruiting and retaining staff.
I met with leaders from Wilderness Health to talk about funding I secured to change that by training workers in high need fields like nursing.
Over half of rural Minnesota counties lack hospital-based maternity care.
I passed my bipartisan Rural MOMS Act to get rural providers the resources they need. This will help hospitals like the one I visited in Bemidji improve access and quality of maternity care.
We know that Black homeownership lags in the Twin Cities, and families of color are still impacted by the undervaluing of homes in certain neighborhoods.
We can’t ignore the facts: systemic racism played a role in its creation.
We need to understand the roots of the Black homeownership gap, and this is one piece of the puzzle.
That’s why I wrote the Mapping Housing Discrimination Act – to encourage other universities to conduct similar research in their communities.
Their report on Dakota County found hundreds of these deeds originally assumed only to be heavily present in cities, showing how widespread the effects of racial segregation in housing was.
They believe hundreds more are still undiscovered.
‘Racial covenants’ were used in the first half of the last century to ban particular groups (most often Black people) from buying homes in certain neighborhoods.
The University of Minnesota just released the nation’s first comprehensive report about their existence in suburbs.
Prairie Pines Childcare in Fosston is serving families thanks to community support. I helped secure over $400K to remodel the center to expand access for more kids.
Projects like these mean rural Minnesota families can head to work and know their children are safe and cared for.
Extreme drought, high input prices, and labor shortages have made the already hard work of farming even more challenging. Today I visited Gunderson Farm to discuss what we can do to support wheat farmers and rural communities in the upcoming Farm Bill.
This is bullshit. Again.
No judge has ANY business making decisions for women whose lives and stories they’ll never know.
Finding housing in rural areas is hard.
Finding affordable housing in rural areas is harder.
Finding affordable housing in rural areas while recovering from substance use is nearly impossible.
My piece on how to expand rural housing access
President Biden signed into law an infrastructure bill that’s improving Minnesotans' lives.
I visited the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion project, which is moving forward thanks to this law. This project is creating jobs and safeguarding the Red River Valley from disastrous flooding.
Childcare enables parents go to work and grow our economy while their kids are safe and cared for – but many communities lack access to affordable options.
I visited Moorhead to hear from childcare professionals directly – because the best ideas come from those on the ground.
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Voting History
550 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | S. 1582 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 3633 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-16 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Motion to Reconsider | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H.R. 1717 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | S. 1596 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1770 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1709 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-27 | H. Res. 516 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 275 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 875 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-06-25 | H. Res. 519 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | — | Motion to Adjourn | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 537 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3394 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 1998 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | — | Motion to Adjourn | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | S. 331 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 884 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 2096 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 481 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 488 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H.R. 2035 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-06 | H.R. 2966 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.