Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement on the stopgap legislation (HR 5860) passed by the House of Representatives in a vote of 335-91 to prevent a government shutdown and a funding lapse for US servicemembers, border patrol agents, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and other critical law enforcement officials, as well as essential health and humanitarian services: “The stopgap measure passed by the House today with overwhelming support will ens... Read more

In a vote late last night, the House of Representatives passed (216-212) the State Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (HR 4665) that includes strong provisions to protect unborn children and their mothers and reverses President Biden’s hijacking of PEPFAR—the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief—to promote abortion. “Regrettably, PEPFAR has been reimagined—hijacked—by the Biden Administration to empower pro-abortion international non-governmental organizations, deviating from its life... Read more

In a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) pressed the Biden Administration for answers regarding two State Department grants reportedly funding a Palestinian group that organizes meetings attended by terrorists seeking the slaughtering of Jews and the annihilation of Israel. “We write to request an inquiry, explanation, and remedial action regarding two US State Department grants made to an entity in Gaza that supports terrorism... Read more

A $78,930 federal grant to help fund suicide prevention efforts at Ocean County College (OCC) was announced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today. “This federal grant will help students who are struggling with various kinds of stress and pressures of college life,” said Rep. Smith. “The programs funded by this grant will help Ocean County College in its efforts to serve its students who may need help coping through the college’s Ocean WAVES initiative.” “This grant is timely, because Septemb... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) issued the following statement on the continuation of Social Security and Medicare in the event of a government funding lapse: “Social Security, along with Medicare, is a sacred trust that I have consistently fought to preserve. I have long voted to protect Social Security and Medicare and I will continue to fight for New Jersey’s Seniors and ensure they received their hard-earned benefits. In the event of an appropriations lapse, provision of social security ben... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks delivered today by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health Subcommittee, in support of House Republican legislation (HR 4665) that includes strong provisions to protect unborn children and reverse President Biden’s hijacking of PEPFAR—the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief—to promote abortion: “Mr. Speaker, the state foreign operations bill under consideration today continues and strengthens the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDs ... Read more

New legislation introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, aims to avert further atrocities and prevent ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, where 120,000 Armenian Christians face an uncertain future against an Azerbaijani dictatorship that has incited ethnic hatred and committed atrocities against them. Reps. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA) and French Hill (R-AR) are the original cosponsors of t... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement on the indictment of Senator Bob Menendez: “While everyone deserves the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the charges unsealed today against Senator Menendez are very serious and undermine the sacred trust that Americans place in their elected representatives. The people of New Jersey deserve nothing less than absolute honesty and transparency from the Senator.” ### Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks delivered today by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, on the House Floor in opposition to President Biden's illegal Department of Defense (DOD) abortion travel policy: “Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to instruct. Current federal DOD law already permits taxpayer funding of abortion in cases of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother. But the Biden DOD abortion travel policy forces taxpayers to pay... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who has recently chaired two congressional hearings on the plight of Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh and authored the Azerbaijan Democracy Act in 2015, issued the following statement on the unclear and threatening situation in the region: “Now more than ever, President Biden must immediately push the United Nations Security Council to establish a mandate and peacekeeping mission to protect the Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. The people of Nagorno-Karabakh are... Read more