Gering
native and sixth-generation Nebraskan Adrian Smith was sworn into office on
January 5, 2007. Congressman Smith was quickly named a member of the
Republican Leadership team, serving as an Assistant Whip in the 110th
Session of Congress.
Public
service has long been a priority for Congressman Smith. While a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
he interned in the Nebraska Governor's Office and, later, served as a
legislative page in the Nebraska Unicameral.
Upon graduating from college, he moved back to Gering, where in 1994, he
began serving his hometown as a member of the Gering City Council.
After
four years of service on the city council, Congressman Smith sought and won the
District 48 seat in the Nebraska Unicameral, where he served for eight years.
He served as Vice Chair of the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee and as
Chairman of the Four State Legislative Conference in 2001.
Since
being elected to the House of Representatives in 2006, Congressman Smith
represents a district containing nearly 65,000 square miles, two time zones and
68 and a half of the state's 93 counties.
Included in his district is Cherry
County, which alone is larger than the
state of Connecticut.
Congressman
Smith currently sits on the House Agriculture Committee, House Natural
Resources Committee, House Budget Committee and the House Science and
Technology Committee. Nebraska's Third
Congressional District has a long history of service on the House Agriculture
Committee, and Smith looks forward to continuing that tradition. He follows in the footsteps of his
predecessors, Reps. Virginia Smith, Bill Barrett and Tom Osborne, who were also
members of the House Agriculture Committee during their tenures in Congress.
He is
a member of the Leadership Institute's Congressional Advisory Board,
ThanksUSA's Congressional Advisory Board, and serves on the board of directors
of the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation.
Congressman
Smith continues to reside in Gering.
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