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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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Apr 17, 2018

There is savings that can be found there, and I think we should look and try and do that.

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Apr 17, 2018

I think that there are others that have come before us that have taken a swing at this.

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Apr 11, 2018

We are now back into an era of great power struggles because of what Russia and China are doing.

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Apr 11, 2018

There has to be a much more comprehensive approach, if we are going to be successful in creating a peaceful and prosperous world.

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Apr 11, 2018

But with your help, we are now going to be able to come out from underneath this and put our readiness back to where you expect it to be...

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Apr 11, 2018

We ought to be able to come up with a nuclear deterrence strategy that costs us a lot less money.

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Apr 11, 2018

For fiscal year 2019, the agreement that we reached... had a--if you count the DOE [Department of Energy] portion... $647 billion.

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Apr 10, 2018

the potential for surprise in the cyber realm will increase in the next year and beyond as billions more digital devices are connected--with relatively little built-in security--and both nation states and malign actors become more…

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Apr 10, 2018

I agree completely with the chairman's opening remarks and will not repeat them. We all know the importance of cybersecurity; I think the chairman outlined it very well.

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Mar 20, 2018

We want to promote economic and political freedom as the ideal form of government and push that forward.

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Mar 20, 2018

We need to be against extremism and for political and economic freedom.

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Mar 19, 2018

But if we are going to get to good on that stuff, it cannot all be up, up, up, up, up, up, up.

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