Ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Washington next week, 142 House lawmakers led by Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) urged President Biden to press Turkey’s President to end his aggressive transnational repression campaign and persecution of opposition groups. “We are writing to bring to your attention the deeply concerning human rights situation in Turkey, particularly the transnational repression campaign orchestrated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Moyle (Idaho) v. United States as “improvidently granted,” effectively reinstating a lower court injunction on Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and allowing litigation to continue in the lower courts: “While the Supreme Court decided to not rule on the merits of this case at this time, I trust that the lower courts—which now take up this case—will reco...
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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to reports that Irada Bayramova, the wife of Azerbaijani political prisoner Dr. Gubad Ibadoglu, continues to suffer severe physical trauma from a brutal arrest executed last year by Azerbaijani police: “The savage beating of a political prisoner’s wife—a woman who has not engaged in any public political activity—marks a new low for the Azerbaijani government. Azerbaij...
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A recent audit issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) exposing the skyrocketing exorbitant costs of offshore wind development in Denmark—a major hub for projects—should be “a major wake-up call for Governor Murphy that even his massive government subsidies and ratepayer hikes won’t be enough to foot the ever-growing bill for his reckless pursuit of offshore wind,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester). Denmark is home to offshore wind giant Orsted, which backed out of its two offshore wind proje...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: “Dobbs marked a critical first opportunity to end the culture of death and to protect women and unborn children from the violence of abortion. It is an engraved invitation to policymakers at every level—including Congress and the President—to protect unborn children from violent death by dismemberment, decapitation, forced expulsio...
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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today welcomed Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s timely appointment of Counselor Jonathan Massaquoi to serve as Executive Director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court. “With this critical appointment, President Boakai continues to show his commitment and eagerness for justice,” said Smith. “His expeditious pursuit of accountability for the people of Liberia has strong support here in the U.S. C...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine that fails to protect women and their unborn children from the harms of chemical abortion: “The Supreme Court’s failure to recognize the standing of the brave doctors who care for the women and girls harmed by the FDA’s unlawful removal of safety regulations for the drug mifepristone is deeply disappointing. The Alli...
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New comprehensive legislation (HR 7213) to combat autism authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) won unanimous support this week as the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted (42-0) to send the bill to the House Floor for consideration and passage. Smith’s bill—the Autism CARES Act of 2024—would provide more than $2.1 billion over five years to reauthorize and strengthen the United States’ whole-of-government Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) initiative through 2029. “This critical legislation will...
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On the heels of dramatic progress to help redress the wounds of civil war in Liberia, U.S. Congressman Chris Smith today chaired a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill examining the next steps toward accountability for those responsible for the egregious human rights violations suffered by hundreds of thousands of Liberians in recent decades. Smith’s hearing comes just weeks after Liberian President Boakai signed an Executive Order to establish the Office of a War and Economic Crimes Court, wh...
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By Maj. Agneta Murnan New Jersey National Guard MANCHESTER, N.J. – The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a National Guard Readiness Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Jan. 4, 2024. The event was attended by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, 4th District; staff of U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, 3rd District; JBMDL mission partners; senior leaders of the New Jersey Army National Guard; design and construction leads f...
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