.@HASCDemocrats Ranking Member @RepAdamSmith and Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Ranking Member @RepJoeCourtney condemned the staggering cost estimate for Trump’s vanity battleship, which jumped from $15 billion in April to over $23 billion in the latest budget
Oversight and funding of the @DeptofDefense, the U.S. Armed Forces, and portions of the Department of @ENERGY. Ranking Member: @RepAdamSmith.
- .@HASCDemocrats Ranking Member @RepAdamSmith released the following statement after voting no on the House defense bill, which includes a staggering $1.6 trillion price tag and toxic, partisan amendments.
- The FY27 NDAA is critically important legislation that includes key Democratic priorities like protecting collective bargaining, expanding reproductive health care, and requiring transparency on the Minab girls school bombing, the costs of Trump's war against Iran, and his
- We had a fair process and robust debate on the FY27 NDAA in Committee. That is not the case on the House floor today. None of the Democratic amendments on controversial issues, including the $1.6 trillion price tag or Trump's disastrous and ongoing war against Iran, are being
- “The annual defense authorization bill is a critically important piece of legislation, particularly in light of President Trump’s blatant efforts to erode our democratic processes and the functions of our constitutional Republic. If Congress doesn’t pass legislation, it makes

