Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is the ranking member of the House Committee on Armed Services, which has jurisdiction over the Defense & Aerospace sector. Defense & Aerospace represents 27.5% of his identifiable donor base ($1.14M), ranking first among all Democratic members of Congress in donor concentration from this sector.

How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated July 6, 2026 · internal signal score 84/100.