By Garance Burke, Dake Kang, and Byron Tau Published October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech companies and their trade associations trying to weigh in, according to disclosure repor... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) speaks at an anti-human trafficking press conference, alongside now-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in 2014. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior lawmaker and tireless advocate in the global fight against human trafficking, commemorated the 25th anniversary of the enactment of his Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA)—landmark legislation to confront the global scourge of human trafficking—and called upon the U.S. House of Representatives to immediat... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has co-sponsored legislation—the Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 (HR 5822)—to appropriate unallocated federal funds to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) during the current shutdown. “I, alongside many of my Republican colleagues in the House—including Reps. Jeff Van Drew and Tom Kean—voted to keep the government up and running so that we could avoid the potentially tragic outcomes posed by unnecessary go... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith and Amb. Sam Brownback - Monday, October 27, 2025 Illustration on Communist China’s war on religion and scripture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times OPINION: In October, Chinese security agents swept through cities from Beijing to the coast, raiding the Zion Church network and detaining its founder, Pastor Jin “Ezra” Mingri. The point was plain — in Xi Jinping’s China, devotion that isn’t Communist Party-approved is treated as a political problem to be solved by police.... Read more

By Bochen Han Published October 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM A group of US Republican lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to confront Chinese President Xi Jinping at an expected summit next week about Americans they view as unjustly detained or barred from leaving China, framing Beijing’s use of exit bans and detention as “tools” to gain leverage. In a letter released on Thursday, three Republicans – Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Representatives Chris Smith of New Jersey and John Moolenaar of M... Read more

By Federal Newswire Published October 23, 2025 U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), who serve as Chair and Cochair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), have called on President Trump to directly address the cases of Americans detained in China during his next meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a letter, they urged the President to advocate for the release of Americans facing serious health issues while imprisoned, ... Read more

By Isaac Shadpour Published October 23, 2025 It was a beautiful July Sunday. I packed my fishing rod, bait, and tackle, eager to take my kids to one of New Jersey’s best fishing spots. The plan was to spend a quiet afternoon by the water, away from the traffic and noise of everyday life. But before heading out, I checked the area’s trail reports—and that’s when I saw it: multiple warnings about ticks and the risk of Lyme disease exposure. The thought of coming home with bites—and possibly a life... Read more

"I was sickened—but not surprised—to learn that last week, the Chinese Communist Party launched its largest crackdown on the Protestant 'house church' movement in decades, rounding up dozens of faithful Christian pastors and members of Beijing Zion Church merely for practicing their faith. Those arrested include Pastor Ezra Mingri Jin, who had been cruelly 'exit banned' and kept from his family, who are U.S. citizens, since 2018. "Xi Jinping clearly will not tolerate worship of anyone other tha... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus and the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Antisemitism, issued the statement below following President Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of the United States’ Gaza peace plan: “I join the hostages’ families and friends in rejoicing for the impending release of their loved ones—and all Americans, Israelis, and other victims of Hamas’ atro... Read more

“The passage of time has not—nor will it ever—lessen the horror, shock, and anger over the extreme cruelty Hamas terrorists unleashed against innocent men, women, and children on October 7th, 2023. “Nor will it diminish our solemn remembrance of the 1,200 plus innocent people slaughtered cruelly in the most fatal incident of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus and t... Read more