Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) spoke this morning with Fox Business reporter Madison Alworth in Middletown about the national security risks posed by thousands of offshore wind turbines—each the size of the Chrysler Building—slated to be installed along the Jersey Shore. Later in the day, retired Navy Commander Kirk Lippold echoed Smith’s concerns on America’s Newsroom on Fox News. The discussions come just days after the House passed a measure authored by Smith requiring a presidential certification ...
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held July 21 to celebrate the start of renovations being made to the Ocean County Safe House operated by Providence House of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton. Providence House provides services to victims of domestic violence and their children. Funds for the renovations, which amounted to $750,000 were secured by New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith. Along with the Congressman, those in attendance included diocesan and Catholic Charities staff as well as local ...
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health and Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding the push to change Liberia’s pro-life laws: “Abortion always ends a baby’s life and also harms the mother—psychologically, spiritually and often physically. Your children—Liberia’s future—are under direct attack, and it is imperative that Liberia’s Congress reject this attempt to remove existing protections for unborn children. Unfortunately, Presid...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), joined by representatives from local law enforcement, social services agencies, and Ocean County government, views architectural renderings of major renovations to the Providence House. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today joined local humanitarian leaders at the Providence House safe house, operated by Catholic Charities, in Ocean County to mark the groundbreaking for major renovations—made possible in part by $750,000 in federal funds secured by Smith—to enhance its capacity...
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The House of Representatives today passed an amendment authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that would require President Biden or his designee to certify that offshore wind projects “will not weaken, degrade, interfere with, or nullify the capability of radar relied upon the Federal Aviation Administration or the Armed Forces.” Smith’s amendment, cosponsored by Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Andy Harris (R-MD), comes in response to the Biden Administration’s rush to install thousands of offshore...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) meets with the US State Department’s top passport official—Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs Rena Bitter—in his office on Tuesday, July 18. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) this week met with the US State Department’s top passport official—Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs Rena Bitter—to elevate concerns surrounding the long delays and numerous issues his constituents have been experiencing while trying to obtain or renew a passport and to discuss the ...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) greets Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the US Capitol on Wednesday, July 19. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, today escorted Israeli President Isaac Herzog into the House of Representatives for his historic address before a joint session of Congress. An avid supporter of Israel and fierce advocate for aid to the US ally, Smith was chosen by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) along with a select group of his colleagues to u...
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While chairing a congressional hearing today on the dire state of religious freedom around the world, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) pressed the Biden Administration for removing Nigeria from the State Department’s list of countries that violate religious freedom, known as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC). “Time and time again, violators of religious freedom are given a pass in the State Department’s Country of Particular Concern designations, even when the US Commission on International Religi...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus, today expressed “profound gratitude” to the House Appropriations Committee for strengthening pro-life protections for unborn children in the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations bill. “This bill will help ensure that the foreign programs the United States funds tangibly assist those who need care and do not aid and abet the poisoning, starving or dismembering of unborn chil...
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Pastor Pan Yongguang, who led a congregation of 64 Chinese Christians—including 32 children—from religious persecution in China to freedom in the United States, presents Rep. Chris Smith, Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, with a signed picture of his congregation at a Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday, July 12th. Smith worked with Pastor Yongguang and others to help his congregation—dubbed the “Mayflower Church”—flee China in 2019 and travel to South Korea’s Jej...
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