U.S. Rep. Chris Smith – Chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Global Human Rights – today announced that for the first time, a hearing in the House of Representatives will be blogged live from Capitol Hill. Smith’s hearing on Wednesday will examine the operating procedures of major US internet companies in China and feature testimony from the US State Department, corporate representatives and NGO’s that focus on human rights. Read more

“The congressional federal funds that I directed to the Washington Township senior center are especially needed as the township has nearly doubled its population in the last ten years,” said Rep. Chris Smith who wrote a line item earmark for federal funds into the law for the Washington Township Senior Center in 2001. Read more

February 8, 2006MR. SMITH of New Jersey: Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to set the record straight about significant misinformation that continues to be disseminated concerning an amendment I offered last summer. Planned Parenthood has refused to admit the truth about the true genesis of this amendment. Because Planned Parenthood boasts that “trust is the cornerstone of why people choose [them],” I cannot allow its lies to continue unanswered. And I believe it’s time Americans take a look at Plann... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined Congressional colleagues, citizens, public interest groups and representatives from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) in urging passage Holly’s Law at press conference on Capitol Hill today. Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement tonight in response to President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address: Read more

The Senate today voted to confirm Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court of the United States with a 58-42 vote. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), whose district includes Hamilton, New Jersey – where Alito was born and raised, issued the following statement: Read more

One congressman from central New Jersey wants to have a bigger say in how the United States deals with the rest of the world. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) criticized Google Inc. for caving to the demands of the Chinese government by agreeing to censor its own search results. Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined President George W. Bush and other lawmakers in a bill signing ceremony at the White House during which the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (HR 972 or TVPRA) became law. Smith authored the legislation to strengthen the nation’s current trafficking law (which he also authored in 2000), authorize new funds for investigation and prosecution of domestic trafficking within the United States and to help the young women and childr... Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) will join President George W. Bush in a bill signing ceremony at the White House tomorrow for the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (HR 972 or TVPRA), legislation that strengthens the nation’s current trafficking law (also authored by Smith in 2000) and authorizes new funds for investigation and prosecution of domestic trafficking within the United States. Trafficking is a $9 billion industry and is the second fastest growing crimin... Read more