— U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Monday reintroduced the “Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act,” HR 2661, a bill that would require the State Department to reevaluate the extension of the diplomatic privileges granted to the three official representative offices of the Hong Kong government in the United States. “At one time, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs) represented a city whose prosperity was based on its protection of the fundamental human rights and freed... Read more

– Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), a long-time champion of human rights and the unborn, announced his strong support and early cosponsorship of the Aid Accountability Act of 2025, and he applauded Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), the bicameral authors of the bill. “U.S. laws have long prohibited the use of foreign assistance to perform abortions or to motivate or coerce anyone to practice abortion, as well as lobby for or against it,” said Congressman Smith, a seni... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) As Co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, I was pleased to be at President Trump’s fair trade tariffs announcement at the White House on April 2. President Trump deserves special thanks for demanding fairness and reciprocity in international trade and his strategic vision and actions to reindustrialize our nation, create jobs and boost economic prosperity. Right now, there is one country, above all, which engages in egregiously unfair and predator... Read more

“Parents of all faith traditions and economic backgrounds deserve the opportunity to choose and afford the school system that will help their children thrive and learn in the educational setting best suited for them,” said Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) upon unveiling his ‘Education Achievement and Opportunity Act’ (HR 2097), legislation he has sponsored to provide tax relief to NJ families for the costs of education for their children. (1) The Smith bill: Education Achievement and Opportunity Act “J... Read more

“In 2018, South Carolina rightly decided to make its federal and state Medicaid dollars available for real, life-affirming health care options instead of using them to fund abortion giant Planned Parenthood,” said Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus. “Planned Parenthood, ‘Child Abuse Incorporated,’ immediately took to the courts to try to block South Carolina’s right to administer the Medicaid program and not subsidize organizations that pay for elective abortion,” said Smith... Read more

— Rep. Chris Smith, the founding co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus and author of four comprehensive laws to advance autism research and treatment, made the following statement today, World Autism Day: On World Autism Day, we rededicate ourselves to helping individuals with Autism, actively supporting their families and caregivers, and working nonstop to help raise awareness of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and possible new techniques for diagnosis and treatment. In the last several ye... Read more

- In a letter to Secretary of the Interior Burgum, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) is bringing attention to defiant plans of wind turbine developer Equinor to begin construction on an offshore wind project off the coast of New Jersey and New York despite President Trump’s January 20th executive order which paused new approvals for offshore wind farms until the Trump Administration can perform greater scrutiny. “Equinor, a Norwegian multinational energy company, announced its intent to begin subsea rock... Read more

“President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are to be commended for sanctioning six Hong Kong officials complicit in undermining the city’s freedoms and responsible for transnational repression targeting American citizens and Hong Kongers residing in the US. The Hong Kong government’s intimidation and harassment of Americans is unacceptable, as is the arbitrary detention of over 1,500 political prisoners—only Burma and Belarus have jailed political prisoners at a higher rate in recent ti... Read more

— U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) reintroduced the bipartisan “Jimmy Lai Way Act” (H.R. 2522) Monday with a bipartisan group of House colleagues. The bill renames the street in front of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Washington, DC, as “1 Jimmy Lai Way” in honor of the jailed entrepreneur and democracy advocate. The HKETO is the representative office of the Hong Kong government in the nation’s capital. Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered newspaper Apple Daily, is currently on... Read more

TOMS RIVER—A United States Service Academy Information Night will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:00pm at Naval Weapons Station Earle, 201 Highway 34 in Colts Neck, NJ, announced Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester). The event will provide important information for high school and college students—and their parents, counselors or teachers—residing in the Fourth Congressional District who are interested in competing for a congressional nomination to one of the United States Servic... Read more