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Rep. Smith asks Finucane family members questions at a congressional hearing he chaired of the Lantos Commission on Nov. 19, 2024 about the murder of Patrick Finucane.
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Smith hearing takes aim at Pakistani human rights violations… Witnesses detail widespread political oppression in Pakistan July 16, 2025 Alarming accounts of growing repression at the hands of the government of Pakistan, targeting political opposition figures, independent journalists, and the blocking of free and fair elections in Pakistan were the focuses of a bipartisan congressional hearing chaired Tuesday by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. “Life in Pakistan today is marked by rampant government violations of basic freedoms, particularly freedom of speech and media freedom... More
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Smith unveils bill to secure critical research fundingTICK Act reintroduced in the House July 16, 2025 New legislation to reauthorize the nation’s federal efforts to fight Lyme disease was announced yesterday on Capitol Hill. Known as the TICK Act, the bill authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) with lead sponsors Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) and Paul Tonko (D-NY), will provide continued funding for Lyme disease research at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Senator Susan Collins is the author of this legislation in the US Senate. “Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are e... More
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Opening statement of Co-Chairman Smith at hearing on PakistanPakistan: Ongoing Political Repression July 15, 2025 Excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, at the commission's July 15, 2025 hearing in Washington, DC: Today’s hearing of the Lantos Commission focusing on Pakistan’s Ongoing Political Repression, will come to order. Welcome—and special thanks—to our very distinguished panel of experts. We look forward to your testimony and recommendations to mitigate and help end pervasive human rights abuse in Pakistan. Today we will hear about the governme... More
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Daily Signal article on Smith hearing‘Mob Violence’ and ‘Repression’: House Panel Hears About Persecution of Religion in Pakistan July 15, 2025 Jacob Adams During his first term, President Donald Trump hosted then-Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office on July 22, 2019. Khan i... More
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Hearing set for Tues. July 15Rep. Smith to chair hearing on political oppression in Pakistan July 14, 2025 Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, will chair a hearing on the ongoing repression of political opposition by the government of Pakistan. Accounts and evidence will be heard about the government persecuting political figures of the opposition and journalists, and controlling media communications and preventing free and fair elections in Pakistan. In its Freedom in the World 2024 report, the human rights watchdog group Freedom House noted that in... More
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