House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov released the following statement after voting no on the House defense bill, which includes a staggering $1.6 trillion price tag and toxic and highly partisan amendments.

We stumbled into a conflict in the dumbest way imaginable in the history of the United States of America.

The FY27 NDAA is critically important legislation that includes some key Democratic priorities. The problem begins with the $1.6 trillion price tag... - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov youtu.be/LxSaJ7ZUBdg

We had a fair process & robust debate of the FY27NDAA in Committee. That is not the case on the House floor today. No Democratic amdts on controversial issues, like the $1.6 trillion price tag or Trump's Iran war, are being allowed. - HASC Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov youtu.be/un6dkjcbKyA

President Trump is unhinged and disconnected from reality.

“If Congress doesn’t pass legislation, it makes Trump’s ongoing fascist takeover easier (but) the problem with this year's defense authorization bill is that it comes with ... $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending for the DoD." @democrats-armedservices.house.gov RM @adamsmith.house.gov

"The President of the United States is now in a fight with Iran over who can extort the rest of the world." - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov

"Another thing we could do is actually work with the rest of the nations in the world ... instead of constantly belittling them & fighting them. Diplomacy ... is the only way out of this." - @adamsmith.house.gov on how to end Trump's war against Iran.

"It was an enormous mistake to start this war. Trump still has no idea how to get out of it." - Rep. Adam Smith

Donald Trump is not connected to reality.

The war with Iran was a terrible idea.

Trump has ‘no idea’ how to get out of his war in Iran, says Rep. @adamsmith.house.gov youtu.be/g8J-8UjpciQ?...

As we celebrate this 4th of July & our 250th anniversary of independence, let’s remember the generations of U.S. service members & the sacrifices they’ve made, & continue to make, to ensure our democracy endures & America remains a beacon of freedom, opportunity & justice for all. #America250

"Republicans have voted against the defense budget too. Are they slapping the Armed Services Members in the face?" - Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov responding to House Rules Chair Virginia Fox's attack on Members opposed to the Trump Admin's out of control $1.6 trillion defense budget.

"It's partially a vanity project. And also ... it's just a mistake." - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov responding to House Committee on Rules Ranking Member @repmcgovern.bsky.social asking about Trump's over $20 billion battleship vanity project.

"We cannot afford a $1.6 trillion defense budget. We just can't." - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov delivering opening remarks in today's House Rules Committee meeting on the FY27 NDAA.

Donald Trump walked right into this trap with Iran.

This has been an incredibly costly war.

"Today’s Senate vote to pass the House Resolution to prevent Donald Trump from continuing his war of choice with Iran is yet another blindingly clear message to the president that he must end his catastrophic war of choice now.

Now Iran knows they have the Strait of Hormuz as a major leverage point, their regime is still hard line, & their nuclear weapons program is not going away. But let's get to a better place. We need to stop this war. - RM @adamsmith.house.gov on U.S.-Iran negotiations youtu.be/zzK8g_CK9Oo

Ranking Member Smith on NPR: Trump's war was a colossal mistake that needs to end.

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"Trump has fundamentally failed in this war to try to bring Iran's nuclear program to heel. ... How do we deter and contain Iran now that Trump has put us in this weaker position?" - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov with Alex Witt on @msnownews.bsky.social

"Very clearly the president doesn't understand where we are at in this negotiation. ... If he had unlimited power... Iran's nuclear program would be gone by now, their support for terrorism would be gone by now." - HASC RM @adamsmith.house.gov on @cnn.com w/ @lauracoates.com youtu.be/OseUuI41Bhw

The war with Iran has been one of the worst foreign policy disasters in our nation's history.

Nat Sec Dems are demanding the Trump Admin brief Congress on the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding.

"I still don't ...think that either President Trump or Prime Minister Netanyahu understand that we have to find partners for peace, not just enemies that we want to kill." - @HASCDemocrats Ranking Member @AdamSmith on MSNOW youtu.be/JW-FGKVDhJU

Ranking Member Adam Smith on MSNOW: Hoping for peace w/Iran, but Trump's war was "colossal mistake."

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"This war accomplished nothing for the U.S., it put us in worse shape because we're fighting over opening the Strait of Hormuz. It really points out the folly of having started (it) in the first place, but ending it should be the priority now." @adamsmith.house.gov on @cnn.com youtu.be/huM_6vfEyvY

Ranking Member Smith on CNN: Trump's Iran War Accomplished Nothing

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"Any deal as good or ... better than what Obama had negotiated, & Trump stupidly tore up, is just not on the table & Trump's trying to obfuscate ... so that we don't see that." - @democrats-armedservices.house.gov Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov on @cnn.com w/Jake Tapper youtu.be/_tvthx9aJcY

Ranking Member Smith on CNN: Trump is using weasel words to make Iran deal seem imminent.

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Civilian employees break their backs to get America's servicemembers the resources they need to keep us safe.

"This year’s bill continues the committee’s work to reform the Defense Acquisition System ... ensures the quality of life needs of service members, military families, and civilian personnel are met ...

"The most important thing about this video is there is nothing classified about it... yet they refuse to release this one. Why? Because if the public sees it, they cannot defend it." - @adamsmith.house.gov on @keating.house.gov's NDAA amdt to require DoD to release double-tap boat strike video.