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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) speaks at the House Foreign Affairs Committee's markup session on December 3, 2025.
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Combating foreign influence in American K-12 schoolsHouse passes the PROTECT Our Kids Act to prevent the People’s Republic of China’s communist teachings in American schools December 4, 2025 With the strong support and vote of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PROTECT Our Kids Act (HR 1069), legislation to “prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China” (PRC). “The PRC’s goal in influencing American students is not an altruistic one; they are n... More
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Signifying an end to decades of conflict and killingsPresident Trump’s historic peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) December 4, 2025 Today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, joined President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other high-ranking U.S. officials and foreign leaders at the historic peace deal signing ceremony between DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace. “Skillfully and brilliantly brokered by President Trump, this momentous peace deal—known as the ‘Washington Accord... More
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Smith-cosponsored bill combats forced labor on Chinese shipsStop Illegal Fishing Act heads to House floor December 3, 2025 
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Supreme Court hears arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. PlatkinSmith urges Supreme Court to protect pregnancy centers from 'unconscionable abuse of power' by NJ Governor and Attorney General December 2, 2025 After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following statement on behalf of pro-life pregnancy centers that have been unjustly targeted by the state of New Jersey: Rep. Smith, Dean of New Jersey’s congressional delegation, said, “Pregnancy care centers are an oasis of love and support for mothers and their precious children—according to a recent report,... More
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Strengthening survivor-centered protectionsHouse passes the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act December 2, 2025 Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and four additional comprehensive laws to combat human trafficking, issued the below statement following the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (HR 4323): “HR 4323—legislation I have cosponsored—provides a critical pathway for vacating or expunging certain non-violent criminal convictions for offenses that trafficking victims—mostly women and children—wer... More
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