Improving Access to Mental Health Services
Senator Smith had two bipartisan mental health care bills signed into law as part of the 2022 government funding bill. The Improving Access to Behavioral
Promoting Wind Energy Research and Development
Sen. Smith worked with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to include a bipartisan measure in the budget package enacted in December 2020 to renew
Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence
An alarming number of Native people are survivors of sexual violence committed by non-Native people on Tribal land. Sen. Smith’s bill was included in the
Returning Wrongly Seized Land to the Leech Lake Reservation
Sen. Smith authored a law, signed by President Trump in December 2020, to restore wrongly seized land to the Leech Lake Reservation in Northern Minnesota.
Reducing Maternal Deaths in Rural Areas
The United States is the only industrialized country in the world with an increasing maternal mortality rate. This issue disproportionately impacts communities of color and
Ensuring Coronavirus Vaccines Are Free for All Americans
In early 2021, as new coronavirus vaccines became available, Sen. Smith understood that they would be key to leading the country out of the pandemic. To
Making Juneteenth a National Holiday
As part of her push for racial justice, Sen. Smith worked with a bipartisan group of Senators, including Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ),
Lowering the price of insulin
In 2019, when the skyrocketing price of insulin was having harmful, sometimes fatal, impacts on the ability of some Minnesotans with diabetes to afford their
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