The accomplishments of Ryan’s Quest to Fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy were the focus at the group’s annual Valentine Ball “Beyond the Stars” Saturday, as Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined a crowd of 600 people to honor a decade of work by David and Maria Schultz and their supporters to bring attention, funding and hope to the fight against Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) with which their son is diagnosed. The indisputable star of the evening was Ryan Schultz, now 12, who has defied the odds ... Read more

A provision to give houses of worship access to critical federal disaster relief was signed into law Feb. 9, 2018 as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act. The provision reflects legislation originally authored by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement at a Feb. 7 rally in Monmouth County opposing off-shore drilling along the Jersey Shore: I am pleased to join you today in strongly opposing offshore drilling and exploration for oil and gas off the coast of New Jersey. As a long-time opponent of drilling off the New Jersey coastline, I have serious concerns about this newest attempt and believe that New Jersey should be exempt. That is why on January 9th I wrote and led a letter to S... Read more

“The arrests and charges today clearly underscore the very serious nature of international parental child abduction and, I hope, the U.S. government’s increasing determination to reunite abducted American children with their left behind parents,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, author of the Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-150) to provide government support and assistance to kidnapped children and their left behind parents. Smith’s comments came in ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) met with the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey (AICUNJ) recently to discuss the important role independent colleges and universities play in benefiting New Jersey residents. Areas of discussion covered a range of topics, and included working with the AICUNJ to improve access, affordability and quality of higher education in the Garden State. The meeting took place in Smith’s Washington office on Capitol Hill in the House Rayburn Of... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who authored provisions incorporated in today’s landmark bill to reform the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) reiterated his call for “zero tolerance” of sexual harassment and noted that in the past the system has favored those in power over victims—and must be changed. “This legislation provides congressional employees with comprehensive protection from abuse, including zero tolerance for sexual harassment,” said Smith, a human rights leader in Congress. “Very... Read more

Joshua Wong, the university student who became the face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, has been nominated along with other local activists for the Nobel Peace Prize by a group of U.S. lawmakers, a move that drew a rebuke from China. Joshua Wong, the university student who became the face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, has been nominated along with other local activists for the Nobel Peace Prize by a group of U.S. lawmakers, a move that drew a rebuke from China. The 12 politicians, led by... Read more

By Associated Press - February 2 at 8:41 AM China on Friday criticized U.S. Congress members who nominated Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy protest movement and three of its most prominent student leaders for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 12 lawmakers, in a letter this week to the nominating committee in Oslo, said they were naming Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow and the “Umbrella Movement” for the prize in recognition of their “peaceful efforts to bring political reform and self-determination ... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, released the following statement on the Administration’s decision to impose sanctions on South Sudan: “Today’s announcement by the Trump Administration to impose sanctions on South Sudan is a critical and welcome step,” said Congressman Smith , a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "I have visited South Sudan–most recently in 2017—and ... Read more

Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Peter Roskam (R-IL), the co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, sent a letter to Polish President Andrzej Duda urging him to reject legislation passed by the Sejm that that would criminalize references to Polish complicity in Nazi war crimaces against Jews during the occupation of Poland during World War... Read more