On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that there is a legal basis to stop and board some oil tankers around Venezuela, but that’s “sort of beside the point.” And “we could cut off funds
Friday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said the U.S. Coast Guard seizing an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea didn’t “seem legitimate.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Republicans “need Democratic votes” to end the government shutdown “because of the filibuster,” and he still wants to eliminate the filibuster like he did back in 2021
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that this government shutdown is different from some prior ones and “we are not trying to blackmail them over the CR.” And Democrats “wanted to force the Republicans to
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Democrats’ message needs to be “we understand you weren’t thrilled with the Democratic Party. We have to change. We have to get better. We have to legitimately
On Wednesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the government shutdown “may well end with Democrats saying, look, as we get to November 1, our opportunity to address this healthcare crisis has kind of passed,”
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to polling on who the public blames for the government shutdown between Republicans and Democrats by saying that “of course, we all bear some responsibility for
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) on Monday called for an immediate hearing into President Donald Trump’s authorization of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, citing unanswered questions about their legality, oversight, and the recent early retirement of U.S. Southern Command Commander Admiral Alvin Holsey.
On Friday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Democrats won’t vote for the clean CR and then negotiate with Republicans because “we lose our leverage” by doing so. Host Connell McShane asked, “[W]hat they’re saying, basically,
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that “the people who benefit from the Affordable Care Act might be here because of the asylum process that I’ve said, many times, I didn’t agree with, that Joe
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the shutdown is about “the whole Republican budget, which did massive tax cuts to the wealthy, added $170 billion to DHS so that ICE agents can violate
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to a question on his confidence that Republicans will vote to undo things they just passed by saying, “I think that’s a big, big problem.” Co-host Boris Sanchez
A House of Representatives delegation led by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) arrived this weekend in Beijing, China, and held a rare in-person meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun on Monday.
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to a question on whether the healthcare subsidies Democrats want in a resolution to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown covers people in the country
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that one issue is that people are too sensitive to rhetoric that they disagree with. Smith began by saying, “The number one thought is we’re spending too
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said while crime is a problem President Donald Trump sending the U.S. military into cities, which Smith referred to as “fascism” is not the answer.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that “I don’t agree with Democrats who say, oh, crime’s not a problem, we shouldn’t pay attention to it, we should. And we need to do a better
Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said it was “pretty clear” that President Donald Trump wanted his own domestic police force.
The divide in the Democratic Party further widened this week when Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) publicly said that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “isn’t speaking for our party.”
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that the benefits of the reconciliation bill “primarily go to people who are wealthy.” And “That’s where tax breaks usually go.” Smith said, “[H]ow do we know that
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Israel “had to” strike Iran because “it sure looked like they weren’t going to negotiate out of this.” And Iran’s progress towards a
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that while “state and local taxes, particularly in my state, I think, are a significant problem. But on the federal level, we’ve cut every conceivable tax” and lack of
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that strengthening asylum laws that were “wide open” is something many Democrats wouldn’t do by itself because they fear that they wouldn’t get protections for some people in the
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that one thing preventing Congress from passing legislation that would include stronger border security is “a number of us believe that there are a lot of people in this
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that he is calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign but didn’t call for the defense secretary’s resignation over the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that putting the terrorism designation on the Houthis “cuts off aid in a thousand different places and makes the Yemeni people even
Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” that President Donald Trump is telling the American people an “absolute lie” that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is about making the federal government more efficient.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) argued that there isn’t a massive bureaucracy that has more power than elected officials because the bureaucrats “are under the control of the president of the United States, and
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) argued that Democrats should focus on taking better approaches to crime in some areas like New York City and Seattle and on homelessness and “failing” public schools and on arguing
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Democrats lack credibility on the economy and “we can’t build housing, in part, because of all the rules, all the regulations, all of the incompetence of Democratic governance.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that while he is “deeply troubled” by the Trump administration’s approach on immigration, “we don’t have the credibility that we need on issues like immigration” and, under the Biden
During an interview with C-SPAN on Friday, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that “the extreme left of our Democratic coalition has come to dictate too much policy that is out of touch with the American people on immigration, on criminal
During an interview with NPR aired on Monday’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discussed The Wall Street Journal’s reporting on “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge” and said Democrats have a problem with making “judgments
During an interview with NPR aired on Monday’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that he had problems with President Joe Biden running for a second term at his age, but “I didn’t think me stepping up and saying
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that many Democrats try to make arguments that increasing spending saves money that “would make an accountant’s head explode” “because that’s all just theoretical B.S.” that “doesn’t work.” Smith
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that “the U.S. government could have been a little bit more open and honest and upfront about what was going on here and
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that, “there is absolutely no question, no dispute that there are drones flying over and close to military installations” and according to an unclassified
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) reacted to FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker’s announcement that he will resign in January by saying that while he has concerns about who President-Elect Trump will pick for the position,
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that progressives hold policies that don’t work and cited his home of Seattle as an example by arguing that in that hardcore left-wing area, there are issues with
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that “the far left, their ideological approach and their ideological rigidity on a number of issues,” is a real issue, and Democrats have tried to just paper over