Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called attention to the grave threat of potential nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks delivered by high-altitude balloons during House consideration of a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) recent spy balloon flight over the United States. “The Chinese Communist Party is testing us,” said Smith, “and we did not rise to the challenge.” Debating in favor of the resolution on the ... Read more

Just moments before last night’s State of the Union address, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News to push for immediate passage of his legislation—the China Trade Relations Act of 2023—to revoke China’s trade privileges in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s systematic economic espionage against the United States and egregious human rights abuses: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called for an immediate and bold response by the United States on the heels of the Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon flight: “The United States must respond boldly to the Chinese Communist Party’s outrageous violation of our national sovereignty. We cannot afford the Biden Administration’s continued weak nonresponse to the great and growing threat posed by the CCP to our national security and the liveli... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today released the following statement on the reported Chinese Communist Party spy balloon flying over the United States: “The Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon flying over our country is a serious national security incursion that must have decisive consequences. It is long past time that we as a nation have a more frank and sober conversation about the challenges and the costs of a strategic competition with... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act through 2026 to ensure children around the world have access to quality basic education. “The global investment in children’s education gives society’s youngest members—and future leaders of our world—the knowledge and opportunities needed to make positive advancements in their own communities and work toward societies that are less prone to con... Read more

|Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 5:37 p.m. By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Rep. Chris Smith on Tuesday added his voice to the chorus of concern over a series of unexplained whale deaths during the last two months, calling for a moratorium on the development of offshore wind. “Over the course of the past several months, there have been repeated instances of dead whales washing up on New Jersey’s shoreline, and the proximity of nearby offshore wind development has raised concerns tha... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who was recently selected to chair the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), has reintroduced legislation (HR 638) to revoke China’s trade privileges—known as permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status—in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocious human rights violations and ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Central Asian minorities. “Ever since President Clinton delinked trade with China from human rights in 1994, the Chinese C... Read more

Amid growing concerns over recent whale deaths, ongoing questions about environmental impacts and a call from 12 Jersey Shore mayors for a moratorium on offshore wind activity, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) on Monday urged two Biden Administration Secretaries in separate letters to immediately suspend all offshore wind projects until “ecological safety can be assured.” Smith, writing on behalf of the 12 mayors, including four from his own congressional district, said, “I share their concerns ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the Biden Administration to add Nigeria to the State Department’s annual list of countries that violate religious freedom—known as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC)—and appoint a Special Envoy to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region to monitor and combat atrocities in the region. Smith’s resolution comes in response to Secretary Blinken’s decision to omit Nigeria as a... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, today joined Paul Tonko (D-NY) in reintroducing a package of bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering federal support for combating Alzheimer’s disease. The comprehensive legislative package includes the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act—which ensures a direct funding mechanism for researchers to effectively treat Alzheimer’s—and the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA) Reauthorization... Read more