A new report issued by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) shows that proposed changes to the child tax credit in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (HR 7024) would boost support for large and growing American families by eliminating current provisions in the US tax code that penalize households with more than one child. The report, which comes in response to a congressional inquiry by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), confirms that the child tax credit proposals contained in the Com... Read more

In a letter today to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Kathy Manning (D-NC), Co-Chairs of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, led 208 fellow Members of Congress in denouncing the hostile genocide allegations levied by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “South Africa has filed a grossly unfounded case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of genocide and asking the court to order I... Read more

At a ceremony at Brookdale Community College today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Brookdale President Dr. David Stout, Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone, Cyber Center Director Professor Michael Qaissaunee and other local officials, faculty, and students to mark the ribbon cutting for the College’s Center for Excellence for Cybersecurity Education (CECE). The project—made possible in part by $439,456 in federal funds that Smith personally secured through a congressional e... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at today’s hearing on the harmful effects of offshore wind industrialization on our environment, marine life, and economy. The hearing, chaired by Rep. Andy Harris, MD (R-MD) and attended by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), was held in Ocean City, Maryland and adds to expert testimony provided at last year’s critical hearing in Wildwood, NJ. “In just the last two and a half months, three major industrial wind development companies pulle... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) for the 2024 March for Life in Washington, DC: “On behalf of my wife Marie and I—and all of us—thank you, Jeanne Mancini, for your extraordinary leadership. At a New Jersey pregnancy resource center dinner, two women—through tears of joy—expressed their deep and abiding gratitude for the incredible love, respect, and care that persuaded them to reverse their decision to abort their babies. They spoke of the pressure they had felt ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith will attend a hearing chaired by Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. on January 20, 2024, at 2:00 PM EST on the effects offshore wind industrialization is having on our environment, marine life, and economy. The purpose of the hearing is to hear public testimony from experts in industries affected by offshore wind followed by questions from three Members of Congress whose districts are directly impacted by its harmful effects. The hearing will be conducted as a normal congressi... Read more

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The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, during today’s debate on the House Floor on HR 6918—the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act: “At a New Jersey pregnancy resource center dinner, two women—through tears of joy—expressed their deep and abiding gratitude for the incredible love, respect, and care that persuaded them to reverse their decision to abort their babies. They spoke of how desperate—even hopeless—t... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today met with Gilad Erdan—the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations—to discuss the rampant antisemitism at the United Nations and the need for continued US support for Israel. “Ambassador Erdan has one of the most difficult jobs in the world representing Israel at the United Nations, which is unquestionably the world’s foremost legitimizer of antisemitism, including in its most virulent and violent forms,”... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today issued the following statement on the reported release of Bishop Rolando José Álvarez and 18 Catholic priests who had been detained by the brutal Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua: “The lives of these courageous leaders of the Church in Nicaragua are no longer in immediate danger, but they continue to long for the protection and fundamental rights of those who still face human rights abuses and punishment for p... Read more