'Vigorous Oversight' Coming To Pentagon, Top House Armed Services Democrat Says Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times , WASHINGTON - Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the current ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, has forecast intensifying oversight of the Pentagon when Democrats take control of the committee in January.
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times "My Democratic colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee and I are ready to hit the ground running in the 120th Congress and the top priority will be to conduct vigorous oversight of the Department of Defense and the Trump Administration," Smith said in a Nov.
4 statement.