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Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) delivers remarks at the November ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean County veterans health clinic in Toms River. Located on Hooper Avenue, the new 68,000-square-foot facility will replace the Brick clinic that Smith secured in the 1980s but can no longer accommodate the large veteran population in the area.
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Over 100 Members of Congress ask GAO to investigate how much federal funding has been awarded to abortion providers over the past three years November 22, 2024 In a bicameral letter led by House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), 112 Members of Congress today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and report on the amount of federal funding that has been awarded to abortion providers—including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the International Planned Parenthood Federation—over the past three years. Among t... More
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House overwhelmingly passes resolution authored by Smith New Jersey couple inspired House-passed legislation that urges Ukraine to resume international adoptions November 21, 2024 Legislation (H.Res. 915) authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in response to a New Jersey couple whose adoption of Ukrainian siblings was abruptly upended when Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2022 passed the House of Representatives today in an overwhelming vote of 372-6. During House debate on his resolution, Smith shared the story of Matt and Deidre Gordon, who were in the final stage of adopting Bogdan and Galena—an orphan brother and sister—when Ukraine suspended intercountry adoptions after... More
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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith congratulates Somaliland on its successful presidential election November 21, 2024 U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on Chin... More
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Calls on Senate to pass House bill Smith blasts the ICC for its outrageous issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister and former Defense Minister November 21, 2024 Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: “The ICC’s outrageous issuance of arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Gallant is a grotesquely bad decision by a court that is corrupted by blatant antise... More
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House passes resolution condemning the global rise of antisemitism November 20, 2024 With the strong support and vote of Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), the House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed (388-21) legislation—H.Res. 1449—condemning the global rise of antisemitism and calling on countries and international bodies to counter antisemitic hate. “The spiritual cancer of antisemitism is metastasizing—not only in our own country but in many others as well—at a rate that is both shocking and sickening,” said Rep. Smith, the Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Co... More
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