Spina bifida, a birth defect that threatens millions of Americans, is the focus of a House resolution, H. Res. 1664, introduced this week aimed at both raising public awareness of the disease and urging the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a federal effort to improve access to health care facilities for individuals with disabilities.
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Early today the House of Representatives passed the reauthorization of the “Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act,” a bill written by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) in 2005 and now reauthorized through 2015.
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A bill addressing the plight of American children and desperate left behind parents who are victims of international child abduction to Japan passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming support today.
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The brutality of China’s “One Child Policy” was painstakingly described by human rights leaders on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Chinese policy that has led to forced and coerced sterilizations and abortions and has led China to become the only country in the world with a higher rate—three times higher—of female suicides than male suicides. Over 500 women a day take their lives in China. “Brothers and sisters are illegal in China,” said Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), a 15-term member ...
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A bill to improve services for children and adults with autism and their families, and advance training and education for autism service providers including classroom teachers and healthcare professionals, overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives this afternoon.
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Rep. Chris Smith, Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, offered testimony at a commission hearing today that focused on Chinese products that infringe on U.S. intellectual property. "Mr. Chairman, the Global Intellectual Property Center estimates annual U.S. losses caused by intellectual property infringement of almost $125 billion in the automotive, recording, pharmaceutical, and software industry industries alone, and we know that the Chinese government is the caus...
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The fight to keep American minors out of the hands of sex traffickers was the topic of a hearing today at which Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking testified before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. “Tragically, homegrown demand, enabled by the misuse of the internet drives much of the domestic minor sex trafficking in the U.S.,” said Smith, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee and au...
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Rep. Chris Smith House Floor comments immediately following the 9/11 attack: "Mr. Speaker, words are inadequate to convey the utter shock, horror, sorrow, dismay—and anger, over yesterday’s supreme act of cowardice against innocent Americans. Our prayers and hearts go out to the victims—the dead and the wounded—and to those who at this very hour cling to life, horribly trapped under concrete, jagged glass and steel... ." Click here to read the Congressman's entire Floor speech.
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