In a strong bipartisan vote of 244-189, the House passed Rep. Smith's amendment requiring an independent investigation into the sufficiency of the environmental approval process for 3,400 offshore wind turbines along the Jersey shore.
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Rep. Smith joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss his legislation requiring an investigation into the environmental review process for the rushed development of massive offshore wind farms along the Jersey shore following at least ten unexplained whale deaths in the area since December.
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) debates on the House Floor in favor of legislation (H.Con.Res. 3) condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches. The resolution was adopted by the House by a vote of 222-209.
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Speaking on the House Floor in support of a Select Committee on China, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) blasts US politicians and corporations who have long enabled the brutal dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through trade and engagement without serious human rights protections.
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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 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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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 MoreRep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today welcomed the unprecedented agreement reached by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to allow members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to view the dissent channel cable that was sent by 23 officials at the US Embassy in Ka... READ MORE
More than 15 months after Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen tragically died after completing the notorious “Hell Week” training, top Navy officials today briefed his grieving mother Regina and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the findings of their long-anticipated “command” investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of her 24-yea... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today issued the following statement on the new national strategy released by the Biden Administration aimed at addressing the surge in antisemitic hate across the United States: “There are many good things about the plan—above all I welcome the attenti... READ MORE
At a congressional hearing today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) together with left-behind American parents whose children have been abducted overseas called on the Biden Administration to take stronger steps to help bring home hundreds of American children through more robust implementation of the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abd... READ MORE
On Newsmax, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) discusses his full-court press—including his recent letter—to secure an independent investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) into the impacts of New Jersey’s unprecedented offshore wind development on the environment, the fishing industry, military operations, navigational sa... READ MORE