The following op-ed by The Washington Times Editorial Board discusses legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that would bar the importation of all goods containing cobalt, lithium and other rare earth minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo through child exploitation and forced labor trafficking and would counter China’s control of strategic metals and minerals in the global supply chain: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair of the House Global Human Rights subcommittee, today renewed his request to visit Bishop Rolando José Álvarez in Nicaragua: “I remain very concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Bishop Rolando José Álvarez amid inconsistent reports of his status in Nicaragua, and I renew my request to visit him there,” said Smith, who issued a letter to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega last month requesting a meeting with Bishop Álvarez. “Bishop Álvarez is a compassiona... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s recent approval for Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to begin construction on New Jersey’s first offshore wind project: “The Biden Administration is once again recklessly greenlighting the unprecedented offshore wind industrialization of our shore before we know all of the potentially catastrophic impacts of these projects. Along with the significant environmental, economic and mi... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) chairs a congressional hearing on July 14, 2022 exposing the Chinese Communist Party's egregious exploitation of children in Africa—especially the labor trafficking of up to 40,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo—to mine cobalt, lithium and various rare earth minerals. Smith's new legislation—HR 4443—is drawn in part from insightful testimony from expert witnesses from his hearing. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on G... Read more

Citing Governor Phil Murphy’s own Division of Rate Counsel, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement urging the New Jersey Legislature to reject legislation—A-5651 and S-4019—backed by the Governor that will redirect US federal tax credits to the Danish offshore wind company Orsted: “The hardworking people of New Jersey deserve better than Trenton’s plan to bail out foreign offshore wind corporation Orsted and give away billions of federal tax credits intended for ra... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Manchester) was the Keynote Speaker at the 2023 State Convention Department of New Jersey Jewish War Veterans (JWV) He met with outgoing State Commander Selina Kanowitz, and newly sworn in State Commander Chuck Greenberg at the June 25 event in Toms River. View slideshow at left. JWV national leadership attended the event, including National Commander Nelson Mellitz and National Vice Commander Barry Lischinsky, as well as outgoing Department of New Jersey War Veterans ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision: “Dobbs is the game changer—and God-willing, the beginning of the end of the culture of death. It is an engraved invitation to policy makers at every level including Congress and the President to protect unborn children from the violence of abortion. The sacred burden to double down on our vital life-saving work has never been cleare... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Manchester) addressed a crowd gathered at the New Jersey State House Annex in Trenton, New Jersey Saturday at the New Jersey Right to Life's event marking the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The event featured numerous speakers, including elected federal and state officials, medical professionals, pastors and pro-life leaders and advocates for unborn children from across the Garden State who came to speak up for the unborn. Speakers focused on n... Read more

By Jeanne Wall Published June 24, 2023 at 10:14 PM Mission accomplished-80 years later: A longtime Middletown resident, SSgt. Thomas P. Culkin, eighty years after his B-17 was shot down over Belgium, and he became a prisoner of war in World War II, is now honored, 37 years after his death, with not one, but two Purple Heart Medals. On Monday at the Middletown headquarters of Congressman Chris Smith, a special ceremony was held with members of Culkin's family that included his children, a son-in... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) delivers opening remarks while chairing a congressional hearing exposing the rampant antisemitism and anti-Israel bias at the United Nations and international organizations around the world. Leading human rights defenders and experts today sounded the alarm over the rampant antisemitism and anti-Israel bias that pervades the United Nations and international organizations across the globe at a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that brought the criti... Read more