The House on Tuesday passed a historic defense spending bill, which Rep. Smith voted in support of for the third time, that funds U.S. soldiers, tanks, aircraft, ships, other military equipment, and Defense infrastructure. The U.S. military will get a much-needed boost from this bill, which provides personnel an across-the-board pay increase of 2.4% for the 2018 fiscal year. “The men and women of our nation’s military serving around the world deserve our full support, and we must be making ever... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) issued the following statement on the retirement announcement by Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, who will be retiring at the end of the present session of the U.S. Congress: Rodney is an outstanding member of Congress who has served his country with honor both as a veteran of the Vietnam War and through 12 terms in Congress. Continuing a family tradition of public service that dates back to the founding of the... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), chair of the House panel on global human rights and co-chair of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: We pause today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to mourn the lives of more than six million Jews who perished during the Nazis’ systematic campaign to annihilate the Jewish people of Europe. On this Yom HaShoah—marking 73 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz, Birke... Read more

Soon, coastal New Jersey communities and organizations will be able to apply for grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for projects building up local ecosystems and communities for future natural disasters and extreme weather. “We’ve all seen the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy on our beaches, coastal towns, and communities along inland waterways,” Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) stated. “We’ve also seen the resilience of New Jersey residents in rebuildin... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the House passage of the CR to reopen the federal government: I voted again for the CR to continue funding critical programs—including those for veterans, active-duty military personnel, nutrition and public health, and a six-year reauthorization of children’s health insurance programs (CHIP)—while we work on a DACA solution before the March deadline, which I believe we can do without punishing children, veterans, and military service me... Read more

Invited weeks ago to Seton Hall University’s conference on human trafficking, Rep. Chris Smith, the prime author of the nation’s landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act worked through the emergency budget session in Washington and delivered his keynote address by phone to the audience of students, faculty and local advocates huddled at the South Orange, New Jersey campus. “As late as this morning I was still hoping to join the outstanding program in person,” said the senior foreign policy la... Read more

By Chris Smith - - Thursday, January 18, 2018 Doctors today routinely diagnose and treat a myriad of conditions, illnesses and diseases suffered by society’s littlest patients — unborn babies and newborns — significantly enhancing both their health and longevity. Abortionists, on the other hand, take a different approach. They dismember and chemically kill unborn children for profit. For several decades, babies have survived late term abortions. A Philadelphia Inquirer article 37 years ago (Augu... Read more

Congressman Smith (R-NJ) presented an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol to Bill Kelly, a 93 year-old U.S. Navy veteran and hero of the U.S.S. Laffey during World War II, on his birthday this week. Kelly was joined by his family members, local Wall Township Committeeman Kevin Orender, and members of the U.S.S. Laffey Association. Read more

“The offensive words used by President Trump require an apology. As chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, I have taken numerous trips to Central American and African countries and have chaired over 85 hearings on issues related to Africa alone. I have visited South Sudan twice within the last 18 months to investigate violence and famine and find solutions. What I have consistently taken away has been the innate goodness a... Read more

After Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that Florida would be exempt from his proposal to open almost all of the U.S. outer continental shelf to oil and gas exploration and drilling, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) said that other states with serious concerns about offshore drilling should be exempt as well. Read more