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February 5, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.— With the Asian American community celebrating Lunar New Year on Tuesday, Representative Adam Smith released the following statement to recognize the holiday:


February 4, 2019
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Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) is chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services. The views expressed in the commentary are those of the authors.


February 1, 2019

Washington, DC - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Jim Cooper (D-TN) released the following statement about withdrawal from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty:


January 31, 2019

Washington, DC - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan regarding the Armed Services Committee's hearing on the Department of Defense's Support to the Southern Border this Tuesday, January 29, 2019. The full text of the letter is available here.


January 31, 2019

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), and Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan requesting he revise a report on climate change and its impacts on national security. The report, presented to Congress on January 10, failed to meet the basic requirements laid out in statute.

The text of the letter is attached and pasted below.

Quotes from the co-signers:


January 30, 2019

Washington, DC - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the bicameral No First Use Act, to establish in law that it is the policy of the United States not to use nuclear weapons first.


January 25, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) released the following statement on the temporary end of President Trump's shutdown and the President's continued border wall demands:

"Finally, after 35 days, the President has agreed to do what he should have done in the first place: open the government. The impacts of the government shutdown on federal workers and communities across the country have been immense.


January 22, 2019

Washington, DC - Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision on transgender military service:


January 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) released the following statement in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:

"Today, we celebrate the life and enduring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. His courage and passion has inspired generations of Americans to advocate for freedom and justice.


January 19, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Adam Smith released the following statement today in response to President Trump's speech: