"For far too long, Iran has held the world hostage with its nuclear threats and state-sponsored terrorism. As today’s strikes have exemplified, all diplomatic endeavors to secure peace with the Iranian dictatorship have been exhausted..."
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On Monday, February 9th, Rep. Chris Smith joined The Mark Levin Show to discuss the Hong Kong court's horrific 20-year sentencing of Jimmy Lai, Communist China's egregious human rights violations, U.S. foreign policy with Iran, and his congressional hearings on the DRC-Rwanda conflict...
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“…Each day, despite setbacks—thanks to your efforts and prayers—many unborn children and their mothers have been, are being, and will be protected. We know that the injustice of abortion need not be forever. Life is such an amazing gift. There are no throwaways.”
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In accordance with legislation offered by Rep. Chris Smith in July and signed into law by President Trump in September, the newly constructed Toms River VA facility was named in honor of Second Lieutenant Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell, a WWII hero and longtime Toms River resident, on January 5, 2026.
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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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On Thursday, March 5th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), will chair a congressional hearing on the United States’ 2026 Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20)—the leading forum for international economic cooperation among the world’s largest economies—and how the Trump administration ca... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the below statement following the U.S. military and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s joint strikes on Iran, known as “Operation Epic Fury”: “For far too long, Iran has held the world hostage with its nuclear threats and state-sponsored terrorism. As to... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), and Claire Lai, daughter of Jimmy Lai, sat down with host Raymond Arroyo on EWTN's The World Over with Raymond Arroyo to discuss the latest on Jimmy Lai's incarceration in Hong Kong, and the hope that diplomatic pressure will continue to be appli... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), will host Claire Lai—the daughter of democracy and free speech champion, Jimmy Lai—at President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address. “My wife, Marie, gave Claire her ticket to the State of the Union, because we are so deeply inspired by her c... READ MORE
