U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, joined NTD’s Capitol Report with Steve Lance to discuss Hong Kong’s sentencing of British-Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, in what is being called the harshest sentence to be handed down under the new National Security Law. Smith also discussed the implications for Hong Kong and how the United States should respond. The full interview can be viewed by clicking here. ### Read more

On Monday, February 9th, Rep. Chris Smith joined The Mark Levin Show to discuss the Hong Kong court’s horrific 20-year sentencing of the 78-year-old Jimmy Lai, Communist China’s egregious human rights violations, U.S. foreign policy with Iran, and his upcoming congressional hearing on the DRC-Rwanda conflict and President Trump’s “Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity.” The full interview can be listened to by clicking here. ### Read more

On Tuesday, February 10th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, will chair his fifteenth congressional hearing focused exclusively on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, including the geopolitical conflict and human rights violations occurring in the region. In wake of President Trump’s historic peace deal between Rwanda and the DRC on December 4th, 2025, this hearing will examine the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)... Read more

By Madalaine Elhabbal Published February 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM ET Representatives from the U.S. and African bishops’ conferences convened in Washington, D.C., during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill this week in a display of solidarity as religious freedom in Nigeria continues to come into sharper focus. Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of the Yola Diocese in northeast Nigeria concelebrated a Mass on Feb. 4 for solidarity between the bishops and faithful of the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Afri... Read more

Critical and comprehensive infrastructure projects and humanitarian initiatives serving Ocean and Monmouth counties were included in the recently approved consolidated budget and will receive more than $23.8 million in federal funding, thanks to earmarks submitted by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). “The nearly $24 million in federal funding, which I secured, will go towards vital projects and initiatives that will greatly improve the safety, health, and quality of life of Ocean and Monmouth County res... Read more

By Jim Lonergan Published February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several municipalities across Monmouth County will receive significant federal funding for infrastructure, environmental, and public safety improvements through earmarks secured by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in the recently approved consolidated federal budget. Overall, the legislation includes more than $23.8 million in federal funding for infrastructure and humanitarian initiatives across Ocean and Monmouth counties, with mu... Read more

By Lakewood Alerts Published February 5, 2026 Rep. Chris Smith has secured more than $23.8 million in federal funding for infrastructure, public safety, environmental, and humanitarian projects across Ocean and Monmouth counties. The funding was included in the recently approved consolidated federal budget through congressional earmarks submitted by Smith. His office said the allocations are intended to address a range of local needs, from drinking water and flood control to law enforcement and ... Read more

By A.M. Dickey Published February 5, 2026 More than $23.8 million in federal funding has been allocated to infrastructure and humanitarian projects in Ocean and Monmouth counties, following the approval of a consolidated budget. The funding comes from congressional earmarks submitted by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who represents New Jersey’s 4th district in the U.S. Congress. “The nearly $24 million in federal funding, which I secured, will go towards vital projects and initiatives that will greatl... Read more

The following are excerpts of Chairman Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) opening statement at the House Foreign Affairs Africa and Western Hemisphere Subcommittees’ February 4th joint hearing, entitled “Defending Religious Freedom Around the World”: Congratulations and special thanks to Ambassador Sam Brownback and Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, co-chairs of the International Religious Freedom Summit just concluded here in Washington, for an extraordinarily powerful, comprehensive call to action for global relig... Read more

By Emily Hallas Published February 4, 2026 at 9:22 am The Pentagon revealed on Tuesday that a team of U.S. military forces is in Nigeria to combat terrorism in the African country. The development comes after President Donald Trump authorized strikes last December against ISIS terrorists in northwest Nigeria, amid concerns that the group, and other radicalized Islamist militias such as Boko Haram, are killing thousands of Christians. General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, head of the U.S. military’s Afri... Read more