Rep. Chris Smith, author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act and four other trafficking laws, and founder of the Human Trafficking Caucus, was the opening speaker at the 2021 Human Trafficking Conference held by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and US Catholic Conference of Bishops.
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The State of New Jersey has announced information for Garden State residents seeking COVID vaccinations. Find out: who is eligible, how to get vaccinated if eligible, about registering under the scheduling system, where locations are for vaccinations and other important information.
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Rep. Chris Smith's bill, the "Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act" to give the Envoy the rank of Ambassador-at-Large, became law Jan. 13, 2021. The bill grants the Envoy added clout to fight the rise in global anti-Semitism. (Photo: Smith chairs a 2015 anti-Semitism hearing)
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Rep. Chris Smith's (R-NJ) Belarus Democracy, Human Rights and Sovereignty Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Nov. 18, 2020, and was later included in the omnibus package passed by both houses Dec. 21-22. PHOTO: Smith with VOA reporter Daria Dieguts on Oct. 2, 2020 discuss the bill.
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Rep. Chris Smith calls 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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The atrocities and continuing threats to Nigerian peace and stability—especially to Christians under seemingly relentless attacks by radical Islamists—were at the core of testimony by State Department officials and human rights groups at a Dec. 17, 2020 hearing held by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ).
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Rep. Smith chaired a hearing in 2020 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. Chris Smith addressed Voices Against Trafficking's recent 2020 webinar, stating, "Human trafficking is a barbaric human rights abuse that thrives on greed, secrecy, a perverted sense of entitlement to exploit the vulnerable and an unimaginable disregard for the victims... ."
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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 MoreCentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ has been awarded a $5.5 million federal grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay for the hospital’s extensive emergency measures taken during the COVID pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said today. “I worked with the tireless staff at CentraState at the peak of the COVID-19... READ MORE
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman - Alabama warehouse employees for Amazon. com Inc. aren’t the only workers across America holding elections to potentially form a union. Breaion Grissom, a Hamilton Township resident, said the Lawrence-based Shred-it facility off Whitehead Road has illegally terminated his employment for attempting to organize suc... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said: “Our prayers go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Officer William 'Billy' Evans who was killed in the line of duty on Capitol Hill today. The attack at the north barricade—which also injured another officer—is yet another act of brutal, senseless violence and underscores the extraordinary courage ... READ MORE
By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Rep. Chris Smith spent last week sparring with the state Labor Department over a backlog of unemployment claims. Now he says he hopes the agency’s new procedures will pave he way for thousands of New Jersey residents to get their checks. “With more than 700 unresolved claims from my dis... READ MORE
By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Eight months after a contentious conference call with Gov. Phil Murphy, members of the New Jersey congressional delegation say they’re still being forced to handle complaints from angry constituents about delayed or missing unemployment insurance payments. Several lawmakers or their sta... READ MORE
Lawrenceville, N.J. – Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined workers yesterday as they kicked off an election to vote on forming a union at the Shred-It facility on Whitehead Road near the Lawrenceville-Hamilton border. According to Smith, employees are seeking union representation “out of an abundance of concern for health and safety protocols a... READ MORE