The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) for the virtual commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre entitled "2021 Tiananmen Remembrance: A Virtual Commemoration Featuring Wang Xilin's Symphony No. 3": Special thanks to Dr. Yang, Dr. Swett, Ambassador Bremberg for your extraordinary work and for providing this opportunity to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests and their violent suppression by the Chinese Co... Read more

The winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition were announced today by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who sponsors the annual competition and art show for high school students in the Fourth Congressional District as part of the nationwide competition organized by the Congressional Institute to help recognize and foster artistic talent in each congressional district. “We had one of the highest number of entries ever in our second virtual art competition of high school artists in the Four... Read more

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman, Staff Writer A bipartisan duo is still aiming for Trenton Water Works and similar public water systems across the United States to be lead free in 10 years. Republican Congressman Chris Smith of Hamilton Township and Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas have reintroduced their “Get the Lead Out Act” legislation in the new session of Congress this month. PHOTO: Trenton Water Works water filtration plant. Rich Hundley III — For The Trentonian The measure, formally ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) hosted a meeting this week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Brigadier General Thomas Tickner, commander of the North Atlantic Region, along with State Department of Environmental Protection and local officials to discuss short-term, mid-term and long-term fixes to the severe beach erosion in Bay Head Borough most recently caused by Winter Storm Orlena in February. The meeting follows a meeting Smith hosted in February, in Bay Head with federal, state and loc... Read more

Remarks of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) Virtual Rally against anti-Semitism 5/27/2021 https://www.adl.org/actagainstantisemitism Good afternoon: I’m Congressman Chris Smith and I strongly believe that the explosion of anti-Semitism in the United States and worldwide must be exposed and rigorously combated. On this Day of Action against anti-Semitism, special thanks to the Orthodox Union, ADL, AJC, Jewish Federations and Hadassah for their extraordinary work and for organizing today’s rally. Two decad... Read more

United States Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), prime author of the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020—as well as the Belarus Democracy Acts of 2004, 2006 and 2011—today demanded the immediate release of journalist and pro-democracy leader Raman Pratasevich who was arrested by Belarusian President Lukashenka after forcing the commercial airliner he was aboard to land in Minsk. “Aboard a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania, Mr. Pratasevich’s flight was intercepted by ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), two founding co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-founders and co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, issued the following statement condemning recent antisemitic incidents across the globe: “As co-chairs of the bipartisan congressional task forces for combating antisemitism, we are alarmed and deeply concerned... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) have teamed up again and reintroduced their bipartisan legislation—the Get the Lead Out Act (HR 3300)—to combat the life-threatening risk of lead in drinking water systems in their districts and across the country. First introduced in 2020, the legislation would provide $66.2 billion over ten years and direct every utility in America to develop a plan to identify and remove lead pipes that threaten the health of residents—especially children.... Read more

At a bipartisan, bicameral human rights hearing on Capitol Hill this week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned the egregious and ongoing genocide and other atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), calling upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to find a new host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics or face a boycott of the Beijing Games. “In granting Beijing host status for the Olympic Games, we are crowning a barbarous regime with laurels while we should be condemning th... 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 joint congressional hearing he chaired entitled "China, Genocide and the Olympics," held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021: “…in solidarity with the oppressed and not the oppressor, in solidarity with the victims and not the victimizer … find a new host city—or boycott… Don’t enable or sponsor the “Genocide Olympics” This hearing—China, Genocide, and the Olympics—wil... Read more