Congressman Chris Smith gave the following remarks at the Capitol Building today about Google’s recent announcement to alter its business practices with the Chinese government.
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At a press conference with three other Members of Congress, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and former Chinese political prisoners, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) today praised Google for taking bold measures to end its dealings with the Chinese government that enable it to spy on the Chinese people, and called on House leaders to finally vote on the Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA), a bipartisan bill that passed multiple House Committees in the previous Congress but was not brought up for a floor vote. Google has endorsed the Smith’s GOFA bill, HR 2271.
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Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4th) calls on leading internet firm Google to sever its dealings with the Chinese government that enable it to spy on its own people, and called on House leaders to finally vote on the Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA), a bipartisan bill that passed multiple House Committees in the previous Congress but was not brought up for a floor vote.
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Congressman Chris Smith today expressed sorrow for the loss of lives and homes in the nation of Haiti following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake. Smith said that he is in touch with the U.S. State Department and its Office of Consular Affairs and its American Citizens Service to assist constituents from his district desperate to make contact with relatives in Haiti.
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Rep. Chris Smith, who joined with David Goldman and his son Sean before they left Brazil for the United States, said he was “ecstatic” that father and son were finally together as they should be.
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The Brazilian Supreme Court late tonight ruled in favor of a New Jersey dad seeking to be reunited with his nine-year-old son after a long and bitter fight with the child's Brazilian abductors, said Congressman Chris Smith.
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Congressman Chris Smith arrived in Brazil today. Final expected votes of the year were cast on the House floor last night, after which Smith, a Senior Member of Congress, departed for Dulles International. Today he met with U.S. State Department officials and David Goldman, who also took a flight last night to Brazil.
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A unanimous ruling by the Brazilian Federal Regional Tribunal court today may pave the way for the prompt return of nine-year-old Sean Goldman back home to his New Jersey father, David Goldman, Congressman Chris Smith said today. The Court ordered that Sean must be turned over to his father on Friday at the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janiero.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith painted a grim picture of human rights abuse in China, Cuba, Sudan, Vietnam and other nations, and called for increased U.S. pressure to bring about changes in the lives of human rights victims.
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