Rep. Smith recently joined Mark Levin on Fox News to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s exploitation of children in Africa to mine rare earth minerals that are in high demand for batteries and solar panels to power the so-called “Green Economy.”
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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed Rep. Smith's newest legislation to combat human trafficking—the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022—in a strong bipartisan vote of 401-20.
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Rep. Chris Smith joined local and county officials in Toms River to mark the groundbreaking for a new Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic, which will replace Ocean County’s Brick clinic that Smith secured in 1991 but which no longer can meet the needs of an ever-growing local veterans population.
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At a human rights hearing, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced harvesting of organs from living prisoners, calling for an “immediate concerted effort to stop this barbaric practice—not only in China, but also by its global enablers.”
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At a rally outside his Freehold office, Rep. Smith (R-NJ) joined approximately one hundred Ukrainian-Americans whose family members and friends are in grave danger as Vladimir Putin ruthlessly invades their nation and slaughters innocent women, men and children.
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On Newsmax's National Report, Smith slammed the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow the Chinese Communist Party to host the Genoicde Olympics. Smith also noted "it's about time" for end of NJ mask mandate on school children and discusses developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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At a Capitol Hill hearing, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, denounced the deteriorating state of civil and political freedoms in Hong Kong.
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The National Police Defense Foundation awarded Rep. Smith (R-NJ) with their 2021 Legislator of the Year Award, citing Smith's “outstanding legislative support on behalf of law enforcement” and his tireless efforts and success in authoring laws to combat crime in the U.S. and around the world.
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Click "Learn More" to read the op-ed written by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, on the crisis in Afghanistan.
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Rep. Smith (R-NJ) announced that he will seek a recorded vote by the entire House of Representatives on his legislation to empower U.S. citizens with the right to sue China for its large-scale misrepresentation campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic, following vote by House Foreign Affairs Committee....
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit, where he called attention to the urgent need to hold the Chinese Communist Party to account for its crime of genocide, persecution against religious believers and other ongoing egregious human rights violations.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) spoke at the virtual rally held as part of a Day of Action Against Anti-Semitism, jointly coordinated by the Orthodox Union, Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, Jewish Federations of North America, Hadassah and other organizations on May 27, 2021.
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Rep. Chris Smith called on his colleagues to pass "Sami's Law," named after Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, NJ, who was killed by a man posing as her Uber ride in 2019. Smith worked with the Josephson family to craft a bipartisan bill to improve ride-share safety.
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Rep. Smith chaired a hearing focused on the case of missing Bishop James Su Zhimin, who has endured 40 years in prison in China for exercising his universally-recognized human right of religious freedom. At the hearing, Smith openly asked President Xi Jinping: "Where is Bishop Su?" "
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Rep. Smith was a guest on Fox and Friends on China's levying of sanctions on him for his human rights work for Muslim Uyghurs persecuted in forced labor camps with coerced sterilizations and other abuses. Smith has also spoken up for Christians, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong and other victims.
Learn MoreCommunications High School students Kristen Gallagher, Nicholas Martino and Zaina Saif were announced the winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge hosted by Rep. Chris Smith for the Fourth District of New Jersey. Communications High School students Kristen Gallagher, Nicholas Martino and Zaina Saif have won the 2022 Congressional ... READ MORE
In a bicameral letter today, 66 Members of Congress called on Secretary Lloyd Austin to “immediately” revoke his illegal Defense Department policy funding travel for abortions, saying they were “appalled by the flagrant disregard for the law” demonstrated by the Biden Administration. The letter—led by Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Vicky H... READ MORE
At a bipartisan congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), human rights activists today sounded alarm bells over the brutal crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calling on the Vatican and White House to speak out and take immediate action in response to the extreme anti-Catholic persecution being perpetrated by D... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), who voted this week to repeal President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for US service members, said “ending Biden’s outrageous military COVID vaccine mandate is long overdue. The Biden COVID mandate has wrongfully discharged thousands of our courageous service members, threatened the livelihoods of tens of... READ MORE
The “Kyle Mullen Naval Safety Enhancements”—a measure authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) to improve medical care and oversight for rigorous military training programs—is now well on its way to becoming law after being accepted by the Senate as part of the finalized version of the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), w... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights, today issued the following statement on the recent reports of forced abortions in Nigeria: “The credible reports by Reuters implicating Nigerian officials in systematic forced abortions performed on women an... READ MORE