Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, called for a hearing on the Trump administration’s deadly strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Smith accused the administration of refusing to answer questions regarding President Trump’s directives to strike vessels — which the administration argues are smuggling drugs into the U.S. — in the Caribbean Sea, an ongoing campaign that has killed at least 30 people

“I call on Speaker [Mike] Johnson [R-La.] to immediately bring the House back into session to not only work to end the Republican shutdown, but to also enable the committees to conduct critical oversight,” Smith said in a statement Monday. "The........

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