Adam Smith

Mr. SMITH of Washington

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I concur in the remarks of the ranking member. I urge support for the en bloc, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 667, I offer amendments en bloc.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that amendment No. 207 printed in part C of House Report 117-125 be modified in the form I have placed at the desk.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Krishnamoorthi).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I urge passage of the amendments en bloc. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 667, I offer amendments en bloc.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 667, I offer amendments en bloc.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, we spent money in a very imprudent way. We have got to instill discipline at the Pentagon so we get value for the dollars that we spend. Simply giving them another $25 billion does not do that, and $753 billion is enough. It is even better if we actually start spending it wisely, intelligently, and effectively. That doesn't happen. I am a little short. Can you just give me a little more money? I always love the Winston Churchill quote: ``Gentlemen, we have run out of money; now we have to think.'' That is the type of discipline we need at the Pentagon, not just to give them a blank check every time they ask. The President's budget is sufficient to meet our needs. Mr. Speaker, I urge support for the amendment.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close, therefore, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to get the numbers clear here. The budget proposed by President Biden was $753 billion, and by supporting this amendment, we support President Biden's budget of $753 billion, which was a $12 billion increase over last year's budget. Last year's budget--the last budget from the Trump administration-- only increased the defense budget that year by $3 billion. So a $3 billion increase last year was perfectly acceptable to my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate under President Trump. A $12 billion increase this year is not. So the numbers are just being dramatically presented here as some kind of cut when it is actually a bigger increase than Trump did in his last year in the White House. Let me make it clear: I see the threats, and I do agree more with my Republican colleagues on that point. I don't support the previous amendment that does the $75 billion cut because I understand the threat environment and I know that we need to modernize to meet that threat environment. But the other thing I see is decades of waste and wasteful expenditures on programs like the F-35 and the Ford-class carrier.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the amendments en bloc, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Correa).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Auchincloss).

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).