Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) requested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to hold an investigation in response to more than 30 National Guard members getting sick allegedly from the food they were given during their deployment in Washington last month. According to ABC News, Smith wrote to Pelosi in a letter that National Guard members from various states “have become ill due to tainted and unhealthy food from a private-sector vendor.” “Some have even reported vomiting in the Senate parking lot,” Smith said. “Alarmingly, the soldiers have noted receiving almost completely raw meat, some of which, according to press reports, even contained pieces of shaved metal.” He further asked for a rigorous investigation on the matter and the dismissal of the provider. “Furthermore, the provision of this food, whether intentional or not, warrants a thorough investigation,” Smith wrote. “The men and women deployed here from New Jersey and elsewhere to protect the …