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 MoreAt a human rights hearing on Capitol Hill today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) warned against infringements on freedoms of expression in South Korea and urged the U.S. ally to prioritize a vision of universally-binding human rights at this critical and historical inflection point for the peninsula and the world. “This hearing comes at a critic... READ MORE
The following are excerpts of the opening remarks of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, at a congressional hearing entitled "Civil and Political Rights in the Republic of Korea: implications for Human Rights on the Peninsula," held on Thursday, April 15, 2021: I’d like to begin by thanking al... READ MORE
Madam Speaker, today the House of Representatives will vote to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act—a law I authored in 2005. This was an original idea of mine 20 years ago. Joined by 70 cosponsors, I introduced it in 2001. After five long years of hard work and numerous setbacks, my bill was finally enacted into law in... READ MORE
Hackensack Meridian Health Systems (HMHS) received an $82 million federal grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the cost of many of the hospital’s extensive emergency measures taken as a result of the COVID pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said today. HMHS operates Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Cent... READ MORE
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) will co-chair a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission entitled "Civil and Political Rights in the Republic of Korea: Implications for Human Rights on the Peninsula," on Thursday, April 15, at 10:00 a.m. The Commission will hear witnesses on the topic of freedom of expression on the Korean peninsula to e... READ MORE
CentraState 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