“Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying. We are not merging our military with the IDF."”
“The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.”
“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“If Republicans actually wanted to stop congressional stock trading, they’d pass our bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act,"”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.”

Political Quotes

Adam Smith

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Adam Smith is a U.S. Representative for Washington's 9th congressional district, serving since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on various legislative efforts, particularly in defense and foreign policy. Throughout his tenure, Smith has been involved in key discussions and initiatives related to national security and military funding, reflecting his commitment to these issues. He has also been an advocate for progressive policies within his district and has worked on legislation addressing economic and social challenges faced by his constituents.

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Mar 25, 2019

You have served your country incredibly well, do an outstanding job, and we have always had a very open dialogue.

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Mar 25, 2019

we need the Pentagon to start spending the money more wisely than it has been spending it.

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Mar 25, 2019

Artificially sticking to those budget caps has almost nothing to do with fiscal responsibility.

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Mar 25, 2019

the Democratic-controlled House is not going to pass a budget that creates $174 billion OCO and guts every other aspect of funding.

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Mar 25, 2019

I share the concerns about other parts of the budget.

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Mar 12, 2019

As I like to put it, they want to make the world safe for kleptocratic autocracy.

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Mar 5, 2019

Thank you, and I want to welcome our witnesses, members of the audience, members of the committee.

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Jan 30, 2019

I respectfully submit the Rules of the Committee on Armed Services for the 116th Congress, as adopted by the committee on January 24, 2019. RULE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (a) The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of the…

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Jan 28, 2019

Please provide an accounting of all expenses incurred by the Department of Defense--specified by appropriation, budget activity, and sub-activity group--for all operations and support for DOD and other Federal activities along the southern…

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Jan 23, 2019

I want to start by saying it has been a great pleasure working with Chairman Thornberry for--well, for as long as we have been in Congress.

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Jan 23, 2019

At the end of the day my priority for the committee are two things: number one, to maintain the bipartisan tradition of this committee.

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Jan 23, 2019

I want to do everything we can to make sure we don't slip backwards on the progress that we have started to make in rebuilding and repairing the military.

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