The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) during debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 December 3, 2019 Special thanks to the 128 bipartisan cosponsors of my bill, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019, HR 649—comprehensive human rights legislation I introduced earlier this year with lead Democratic cosponsor Tom Suozzi of New York to address the massive crimes against humanity committed by the Chinese government aga... Read more

By Chris Smith - Published by The APP 9:48 a.m. ET Nov. 28, 2019 Family and friends gathered Tuesday evening in Robbinsville, NJ to mourn the death of Samantha Josephson who was killed when she got into the wrong car, thinking it was her Uber ride. Peter Ackerman, Asbury Park Press In March, University of South Carolina senior Samantha “Sami” Josephson of Robbinsville, N.J., left a late-night outing with her friends alone because she had to work in the morning. The extraordinarily talented stud... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Legislation to support Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters has been signed into law by President Donald Trump. Trump acted Wednesday evening as he traveled to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The bill had passed Congress with just one dissenting vote. “Beating, torturing and jailing of democracy activists is wrong and this historic legislation lets China know that respecting fundamental human rights ... Read more

The following are the remarks of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) after President Trump's signing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which Smith first introduced in 2014: “The enactment of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act—which was expected and greatly welcomed—makes it abundantly clear that the Trump Administration, the United States Congress, and the American people stand in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong. “Xi Jining should understand that the US is not kidding about ... Read more

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NOVEMBER 27, 2019 — 8:15PM President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two bills aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Trump signed the bills, which were approved by near unanimous consent in the House and Senate, even as he expressed some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with China's President Xi Jinping. "I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people of Hong Kong,... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) addressing the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey at its conference at the Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J. on Sunday Nov. 24: Congratulations to CPANJ’s new President—Angelo Onofri—an effective, aggressive and principled prosecutor whom I have known and deeply respected for over 35 years. Thank you, Assistant AG Annmarie Taggart, Heather Headley, and Kim Murphy for your extraordinary personal and professional commitme... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Congress took steps Wednesday to support the ongoing protests in Hong Kong against Chinese rule as the U.S. House cleared legislation to penalize a crack down on the demonstrators. The legislation passed, 417-1, and now goes to President Donald Trump. Rep. Tom Massie, R-Ky., cast the only no vote. “Congress is making it clear that beating, torturing and jailing democracy activists is wrong. We stand in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong,”... Read more

The following are remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) during debate on the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 20, 2019: Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre thirty years ago, I’ve had the privilege of working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle—including and especially Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Frank Wolf—on human rights, the rule of law and democracy for the people of China. We have always believed that every person i... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) helped manage debate and final passage today of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act— which he had introduced in every Congress since 2014—while on the streets of Hong Kong students demonstrated amid escalating threats by the Chinese Communist government against Hong Kong’s residents. “Today, Hong Kong is burning. The status quo is no longer—the brutal government crackdown on democracy activists has escalated. Tragically, under President Xi Jinping, human r... Read more

Posted: Nov 16, 2019 10:46 PM EST Updated: Nov 16, 2019 11:26 PM EST Rep. Chris Smith held a press conference Saturday regarding the investigation into the death of a New Jersey football player. Braeden Bradforth, of Neptune, died last August after a football practice at Garden City Community College in Kansas. Bradforth's mother hopes that the incident will help save others students. "This fight was for Braeden at first but now it's for the rest of the kids," said Joanne Atkins-Ingram. His aut... Read more