The inspiring protests in Hong Kong are “a daily reminder of the stark differences between free and authoritarian societies,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), at a bipartisan hearing held today by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on “Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses” carried live on CSPAN. Smith is a CECC Commissioner as well as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “The people of Hong Kong have shown us again that a free people... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) gave opening remarks at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Tuesday at the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following are excerpts of remarks from Rep. Smith, a commissioner on the CECC: It’s been a long, hot, summer in Hong Kong. The inspiring protests there are a daily reminder of the stark differences between free and authoritarian societies. The people of Hong Kong have shown us again that a free people will not easily accept the boo... Read more

BY RANDY BERGMANN - APP Editor & Columnist In what was a particularly timely appearance, Elan Carr, special U.S. envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism, came to Lakewood Tuesday to talk about growing anti-Semitism and how to combat it in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. While he talked mostly in broad strokes about the rise of anti-Semitism throughout the world, locally he singled out the Rise Up Ocean County Facebook page as a scourge and noted with disgust how some local politicians h... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks made by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at the 2019 Bradley Beach Alzheimer’s Walk on Saturday, September 14, 2019: Every 65 seconds someone, somewhere in the country is newly afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease. Today there are an estimated 5.8 million people in America—180,000 in New Jersey alone—coping with Alzheimer’s. Unless we research our way to a breakthrough, nearly 14 million will suffer from Alzheimer’s disease by 2050. This morning, you are not only raisi... Read more

"Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses,” is the title of a congressional hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China to be held Tuesday, said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a member of the commission. The hearing will examine recent developments in Hong Kong and the future of U.S.-Hong Kong relations in light of the ongoing demonstrations and the escalating tensions caused by police violence and threats by the Chinese government against Hong Kong’s autonomy. Wi... Read more

Excerpts from Congressman Smith's remarks from the Special Order commemorating 9/11: Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing—I was here in Washington chairing a Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing—when a group of cowards hijacked 4 airliners in order to perpetrate the worst act of terrorism in American history. Nearly 700 New Jerseyans lost their lives that day. No-one remembers the shock, horror and numbing sorrow more, however, than the families and close friends of the vic... Read more

Supporters of Rep. Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) bipartisan legislation, H.R. 2435, the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act, converged on Capitol Hill this week to advocate for the bill, which will provide increased access to federal lands for the purposes of veterans’ medical therapy. H.R. 2435 would empower a newly created task force to identify barriers veterans face when accessing public lands for treatment, and provide within one year recommendations to Congress on ways to eliminate those ba... Read more

– Noting the importance of funding programs and services for the more than 3.5 million people living with autism spectrum disorder, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders have given their support to the Autism CARES Act of 2019, introduced by 4th District U.S. Rep. Chris Smith. "As a lifelong educator, I have seen the difference early intervention can make," said Ocean County Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari. "This legislation which would reauthorize federal programs that assist children, adult... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith held a community meeting in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ on Monday to discuss the impact of the 22-foot dunes recently built by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) along the commercial areas directly contiguous to the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk. The adjacent boardwalk commercial areas all have a new, lower 18-foot dune built by the Corps. PHOTO SLIDES AT LEFT The Sept. 9 meeting was held at the Arugula Oceanview restaurant on Ocean Avenue, which has seen a 40 percent ... Read more

Today, Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, along with Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced H.R. 4270, the PROTECT Hong Kong Act – a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items and defense articles and services to the Hong Kong Police Force. “I am deeply concerned that American-made police equipment is being used to violently crack down on... Read more