Lamar Seeligson Smith (born November 19, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the

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for for 16 terms, a district including most of the wealthier sections of

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and

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, as well as some of the

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. He is a member of the Republican Party. He sponsored the

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(SOPA) and the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act (PCIP). He also co-sponsored the

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. As the head of the House Science Committee, Smith has been criticized for his

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of, and promotion of

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about,

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and for receiving funding from oil and gas companies. He is a former contributor to

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, a website known for publishing dubious claims about climate change. In November 2017, Smith announced that he would retire from

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at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in

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. In 2021, Smith registered as a lobbyist for the surveillance firm HawkEye 360 on behalf of

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. In 2022, he officially registered as a

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Early life, education, and legal career

Smith attended a private high school, then called Texas Military Institute, now known as TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas, and graduated in 1965.US Rep Lamar Smith in 1965 at TMI
myalamoheights.com. Retrieved on 2016-01-3. He then earned a B.A. in American Studies from

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(1969) and a J.D. from

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(1975). In 1969, Smith was hired as a management intern by the

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Representative Lamar S. Smith
Independenceave.org. Retrieved on 2012-02-15. He was a business and financial writer for the ''

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'' (1970–1972), was admitted to the Texas bar in 1975, and went into private practice in San Antonio with the firm of Maebius and Duncan, Inc.

State politics

In 1978, he was elected chairman of the Republican Party of Bexar County. In 1980, Smith was elected to the

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representing Bexar County, the 57th District. He served on the Energy Resources Committee and the Fire Ants Select Committee. In 1982, he was elected to the 3rd Precinct of the Bexar County Commissioners Court and served from 1983 to 1986.

U.S. House of Representatives

Executive Order Improving Agency Disclosure of Information

Elections

1986

In 1986, four-term incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman

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of Texas's 21st congressional district decided to retire to run for

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. Smith led a crowded six-way primary with 31% of the vote and then defeated Van Archer in the run-off election 54–46%. He won the general election with 61% of the vote.

1988–2002

During this time period, he never won re-election with less than 72% of the vote.

2004

Smith's district was significantly altered in the

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. While he lost most of the Hill Country to the 23rd District, he picked up a significant portion of Austin, including the area around the

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, a traditional bastion of liberalism. Smith won re-election with 62% of the vote, Smith's lowest winning percentage since his initial run in 1986.

2006

In 2006, the

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threw out the 23rd District in '' League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry'' on the grounds that it violated the rights of Latino voters. The 23rd is the largest district in the nation (not counting the at-large districts), stretching across 800 road miles from

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to San Antonio. Due to its size, nearly every district in the El Paso-San Antonio corridor had to be redrawn. Smith regained most of the Hill Country, but kept a large portion of his share of Austin, including the area around the University of Texas. In November 2006 the Texas Legislative CouncilGary Martin
"Courage, other veterans speak out against Bush"
''San Antonio Express-News'', February 8, 2006. found that nearly two-thirds of voters in District 21 cast ballots for statewide Republican candidates in 2004. In the November 2006 open election, Smith faced six candidates. He defeated Democrats John Courage and Gene Kelly 60–24–9%.Greg Jefferson

''San Antonio Express-News'', September 3, 2006. This was Smith's lowest winning percentage of his career.

2008

He only faced one candidate,

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nominee James Arthur Strohm, and defeated him with 80% of the vote.

2010

He faced two candidates, Democratic nominee Lainey Melnick and Libertarian nominee James Arthur Strohm, and won with 69% of the vote.

2012

Smith faced five challengers in the 2012 general election on November 6, 2012: Candace Duval ( Dem), John-Henry Liberty ( Lib), Fidel Castillo ( Grn), Bill Stout (Grn), and Carlos Pena (

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). He won the race with 63% of the vote.

2014

Smith won re-nomination to fifteenth House term in the Republican primary held on March 4, 2014. He received 40,262 votes (60.4 percent). His runner-up was Matt McCall (born c. 1963) of San Antonio, with 22,596 votes (33.9 percent). Michael J. Smith polled the remaining 3,772 votes (5.7 percent).

2016

Smith won re-nomination to a sixteenth term in the House in the Republican primary held on March 1. He received 69,872 votes (60.1 percent). Running against him once more was Matt McCall, who drew 33,597 votes (28.9 percent). McCall polled 11,000 more votes than he did in 2014, but his percent went down because of higher turnout. Two other candidates held the remaining 11 percent of the ballots cast. Smith faced the Democrat Tom Wakely (born c. 1953) of San Antonio in the November 8 general election. Smith (Republican) won with 57.0%; Tom Wakely (Democratic) got 36.5%; Mark Loewe (Libertarian) got 4.1%; and Antonio Diaz (Green) got 2.4%. It was easily the closest race of Smith's career, and the closest since the GOP began its current run in the district; Loeffler won his first term in 1978 with 57 percent of the vote.

Tenure

Abortion

Smith has consistently supported restrictions on abortion. In 2009, Smith voted to prohibit federally funded

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s. In 2006, Smith voted for the Abortion Pain Bill, which would "ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child", and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which would "prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions". In 2008, the

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, an anti-abortion advocacy group, gave Representative Smith a rating of 100 on a point system in which points were assigned for actions in support of legislation they described as pro-life.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

On April 23, 2006 CNET reported that Smith was introducing a bill that "would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and grant federal police more wiretapping and enforcement powers". The move sparked a negative response among technology enthusiasts in opposition to the

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Marijuana

Smith is a strong opponent of marijuana legalization; as chairman of the

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, Lamar blocked committee consideration of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, a bill to repeal the federal prohibition on marijuana and allow the states to set laws on cultivation, sales, use, and taxation. Smith stated that "marijuana use and distribution – has a high potential for abuse" and that "decriminalizing marijuana will only lead to millions more Americans becoming addicted to drugs and greater profits for drug cartels who fund violence along the U.S.-Mexico border."Tony Pierce
"Marijuana bill officially introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, Barney Frank"
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'' June 23, 2011.

Donations

In 2011 Smith had received $37,250 in campaign contributions from the Beer, Wine and Liquor Lobby, and $65,800 total between 2009 and 2011. He received more than $133,000 from the Content Industry, including Industry groups and individual companies through mid-2011. Another $60,000 was donated by these companies in the 2012 Election Cycle. Maplight.org listed the Beer, Wine, and Liquor Lobby as third among Smith's top ten campaign contributors, and Content Industry as #1.

Leahy–Smith America Invents Act

In 2011 Smith co-sponsored the

, a bill that made significant changes to the U.S.

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system.Jackson, Leahy, Smith and Ryan named policymakers of the year
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'', Published 2011-11-29, Accessed 2012-02-01. The bill was signed into law by

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on September 16, 2011. The law will switch U.S. rights to a patent from the present

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system to a first inventor-to-file system for patent applications filed on or after March 16, 2013.

Space Launch Liability Indemnification Extension Act

On November 20, 2013, Smith introduced the Space Launch Liability Indemnification Extension Act (H.R. 3547; 113th Congress), a bill that would extend until December 31, 2014, the current limitation on liability of commercial space launch companies. Under the current system, the space launch company is liable for any damages up to $500 million, after which the U.S. Government will pay the damages in the range of $500 million to $2.7 billion. Above $2.7 billion, the company is again responsible.

STEM Education Act of 2014

On July 8, 2014, Smith introduced the STEM Education Act of 2014 (H.R. 5031; 113th Congress), a bill that would add

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to the definition of

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used by the United States federal government in determining grants and education funding. Smith said that "we have to capture and hold the desire of our nation's youth to study science and engineering so they will want to pursue these careers. A health and viable STEM workforce, literate in all STEM subjects including computer science, is critical to American industries. We must work to ensure that students continue to go into these fields so that their ideas can lead to a more innovative and prosperous America."

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

On October 26, 2011, Smith introduced the

(H.R. 3261), also known as SOPA. The bill sought to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted

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and counterfeit goods. SOPA faced significant opposition from internet freedom advocacy groups and web companies, and on January 15, 2012, House Majority Leader

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cancelled a planned vote on the bill.

Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers (PCIP) Act

On May 25, 2011, Smith introduced the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, which sought to change sentencing rules and mandated that ISPs keep logs of customer data (such as name,

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es, credit card numbers, and bank account numbers) for at least a year. Representative

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, (D-Calif.) and Rep.

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(D-Mich.) criticized PCIP. Lofgren said a better name would be "Keep Every Americans' Digital Data for Submission to the Federal Government Without a Warrant Act". Conyers said the bill would allow use of the information for purposes entirely unrelated to fighting child pornography.

Taxes

Smith is a signer of

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's Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

Climate change

Smith has unequivocally stated that he believes the climate is changing, and that humans play a role in climate change. However, he questions the extent of the impact and accuses scientists of promoting a personal agenda unsupported by evidence. Smith has made a number of false and misleading claims about climate change. As of 2015, Smith has received more than $600,000 from the fossil fuel industry during his career in Congress. In 2014, Smith got more money from fossil fuels than he did from any other industry. Smith publicly denies global warming. Under his leadership, the House Science committee has held hearings that feature the views of

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s, subpoenaed the records and communications of scientists who published papers that Smith disapproved of, and attempted to cut NASA's earth sciences budget. He has been criticized for conducting "witch hunts" against climate scientists. In his capacity as chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Smith issued more subpoenas in his first three years than the committee had for its entire 54-year history. In a June 2016 response letter to the

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, Mr. Smith cited the work of the

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in the 1950s as valid legal precedent for his investigation. On December 1, 2016, as chair on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, he tweeted out on behalf of that committee a

article denying climate change.

World Health Organization

In February 2018, Smith criticized the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research program for its finding that

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, the active component in the herbicide Roundup, is probably

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Travel ban executive order

Smith supported President

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's 2017

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to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, saying "I appreciate President Trump's effort to protect innocent Americans from those who might commit terrorist acts. We ought to take every reasonable step possible to protect the American people. Those from terrorist sponsoring countries should not be admitted until they can be properly vetted by our national security agencies."

Committee assignments

Smith served as chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology for the 113th Congress, having replaced

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. Smith has previously served on the Committee on Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary (Chairman), the Republican Study Committee, the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus and the Tea Party Caucus. On January 30, 2015,

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reported that Smith has sent letters to the U.S.

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, the

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, and to the chief technology officer at the White House

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, asking for an explanation of media claims of HealthCare.gov sharing private data supplied by subscribers with third-parties such as

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, and

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. Smith is a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus, the Congressional Constitution Caucus and the Congressional Western Caucus.

Personal life

In 1992, he married Elizabeth Lynn Schaefer, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, as was his first wife, Jane Shoults, before her death in 1991. They have two children, Nell Seeligson (born 1976) and Tobin Wells (born 1979), from his previous marriage.

Electoral history

, + : Results 1986–2016 ! Year ! ! Name ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Name ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Name ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Name ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - , 1986 , , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 100,346 , , 61% , , , Pete Snelson , , Democratic , , 63,779 , , 39% , , , James Robinson , ,

, , 1,432 , , 1% , , , , , , , - , 1988 , , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 203,989 , , 93% , , , James Robinson , ,

, , 14,801 , , 7% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 144,570 , , 75% , , , Kirby Roberts , , Democratic , , 48,585 , , 25% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 190,979 , , 72% , , , James Gaddy , , Democratic , , 62,827 , , 24% , , , William Grisham , ,

, , 10,847 , , 4% , , , , , , , - ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 165,595 , , 90% , , , Kerry Lowry , ,

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, , 18,480 , , 10% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 205,830 , , 76% , , , Gordon Wharton , , Democratic , , 60,338 , , 22% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", Randy Rutenbeck , ! style="background:#00bfff; ",

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, ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 3,139 , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1% , , , , , , , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 165,047 , , 91% , , , Jeffrey Blunt , ,

, , 15,561 , , 9% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 251,049 , , 76% , , , Jim Green , , Democratic , , 73,326 , , 22% , , , C.W. Steinbrecher , ,

, , 6,503 , , 2% , , , , , , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 161,836 , , 73% , , , John Courage , , Democratic , , 56,206 , , 25% , , , D.G. Roberts , ,

, , 4,051 , , 2% , , , , , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 209,774 , , 61% , , , Rhett Smith , , Democratic , , 121,129 , , 36% , , , Jason Pratt , ,

, , 10,216 , , 3% , , , , , , , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 122,486 , , 60% , , , John Courage , , Democratic , , 49,957 , , 25% , , , Gene Kelly , , Democratic , , 18,355 , , 9% , , , Tommy Calvert , ,

, , 5,280 , , 3% , In

, three other candidates received another 3% of the vote. , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 243,471 , , 80% , , , James Strohm , ,

, , 60,879 , , 20% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 162,924 , , 69% , , , Lainey Melnick , , Democratic , , 65,927 , , 28% , , , James Strohm , ,

, , 7,694 , , 3% , , , , , , , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 187,015 , , 61% , , , Candace Duval , , Democratic , , 109,326 , , 35% , , , John-Henry Liberty , ,

, , 12,524 , , 4% , , , , , , , - ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 135,660 , , 72% , , , Antonio Diaz , ,

Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...

, , 27,831 , , 15% , , , Ryan Shields , ,

, , 25,505 , , 13% , , , , , , , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, , , , Lamar Smith , , Republican , , 202,967 , , 57% , , , Tom Wakely , , Democratic , , 129,765 , , 36% , , , Mark Loewe , ,

, , 14,735 , , 4% , , , Antonio Diaz , ,

, , 8,564 , , 2% ,

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