Rep. Smith’s law created a new, whole-of-government domestic and international strategy and established numerous programs to protect victims, prosecute traffickers, and to the greatest extent possible, prevent it from happening in the first place...
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On Friday—just in time for Charlotte Ewart Lomell’s 104th birthday—President Donald Trump signed a new law naming the Veterans’ Clinic in Toms River after her late husband, celebrated local WWII hero Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell...
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“Today the House took the responsible and critical step to protect all Americans from the largest tax increase in our history, secure our borders to stop the flow of human trafficking and fentanyl and rebuild our military after years of neglect, while protecting fundamental programs such as Medicaid...
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Congressman Smith recently announced the winners of his 2025 High School Art Competition at a Brick, NJ ceremony. Part of a national program, talented student artists across his district from Monmouth and Ocean counties participated in the annual contest.
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An Offshore Wind Energy report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) gives credibility and vindication to concerns first raised in Congress by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that offshore wind turbines pose threats to national security and aviation and maritime safety by interfering ...
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Rep. Chris Smith chaired a bipartisan congressional hearing March 12, 2025 on religious freedom vilations in Nigeria.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), along with Vice President JD Vance, today addressed the 20th Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ04) addresses the thousands of marchers who attended the 2025 March for Life in Washington D.C.
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Comprehensive legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to provide robust funding and enhanced support for Americans with autism was signed into law on Monday, December 23rd. Smith’s Autism CARES Act of 2024 will provide more than $1.95 billion over five years.
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The House of Representatives passed an amendment on July 20, 2023 offered by Rep. Smith that requires President Biden or his designee to certify that the thousands of offshore wind turbines slated for some of the nation's busiest airspace will not interfere with commercial or military aviation activ...
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Rep. Chris Smith joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss his ongoing efforts to get answers about the unidentified drone activity storming New Jersey skies and his call for Defense Secretary Austin to provide all capabilities to identify and respond to the possible threats.
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At a ceremony in Toms River, Rep. Smith was joined by veterans and other officials to cut the ribbon for the new veterans clinic on Hooper Avenue, which will replace the Brick clinic that Smith secured in the 1980s and has now been expanded to accommodate the growing veteran population in the area.
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At the request of Rep. Chris Smith, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging the Manasquan Inlet on Tuesday, August 6 to address the dangerous build-up of sand that began to develop over the weekend along the jetty on the Point Pleasant Beach side of channel.
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A recognized international leader in the fight against human trafficking, Rep. Chris Smith recently chaired a hearing examining the 2024 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report, which is mandated by Smith’s landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act that was enacted in 2000.
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At a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith, a panel of experts debunked the UN’s so-called "independent review" of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), exposing the report’s findings as predetermined in order to reassure donors.
Learn MoreBy Garance Burke, Dake Kang, and Byron Tau Published October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposa... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) speaks at an anti-human trafficking press conference, alongside now-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in 2014. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior lawmaker and tireless advocate in the global fight against human trafficking, commemorated the 25th anniversary of the enactment of his Trafficking Victims Prot... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has co-sponsored legislation—the Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 (HR 5822)—to appropriate unallocated federal funds to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) during the current shutdown. “I, alongside many of my Republican colleagues in the House—inclu... READ MORE
By Rep. Chris Smith and Amb. Sam Brownback - Monday, October 27, 2025 Illustration on Communist China’s war on religion and scripture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times OPINION: In October, Chinese security agents swept through cities from Beijing to the coast, raiding the Zion Church network and detaining its founder, Pastor Jin “E... READ MORE
By Bochen Han Published October 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM A group of US Republican lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to confront Chinese President Xi Jinping at an expected summit next week about Americans they view as unjustly detained or barred from leaving China, framing Beijing’s use of exit bans and detention as “tools” to gain l... READ MORE
By Federal Newswire Published October 23, 2025 U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), who serve as Chair and Cochair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), have called on President Trump to directly address the cases of Americans detained in China during his next meetin... READ MORE