Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus, today expressed “profound gratitude” to the House Appropriations Committee for strengthening pro-life protections for unborn children in the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations bill. “This bill will help ensure that the foreign programs the United States funds tangibly assist those who need care and do not aid and abet the poisoning, starving or dismembering of unborn chil... Read more

Pastor Pan Yongguang, who led a congregation of 64 Chinese Christians—including 32 children—from religious persecution in China to freedom in the United States, presents Rep. Chris Smith, Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, with a signed picture of his congregation at a Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday, July 12th. Smith worked with Pastor Yongguang and others to help his congregation—dubbed the “Mayflower Church”—flee China in 2019 and travel to South Korea’s Jej... Read more

Enes Kanter Freedom—the former NBA star who lost his amazing 11-year basketball career in the league for his courageous stand for human rights against the Chinese Communist Party—testifies at Rep. Chris Smith's congressional hearing on US corporate complicity with Xi Jinping's communist regime. The following are excerpts of opening remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, at the congressional hearing he chaired today entitled "Corporate Compl... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's egregious taxpayer-funded bailout for foreign offshore wind corporation Orsted with federal tax credits that were intended for ratepayers: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health and Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding Liberian efforts to expand abortion and promote population control: “The Liberian Senate must live up to its obligations to defend life at all stages from womb to tomb and must reject any changes to their national law that would weaken protections for unborn children, including proposals allowing unrestricted abortion until 18 weeks. Abortion takes the l... Read more

The following op-ed by The Washington Times Editorial Board discusses legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that would bar the importation of all goods containing cobalt, lithium and other rare earth minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo through child exploitation and forced labor trafficking and would counter China’s control of strategic metals and minerals in the global supply chain: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair of the House Global Human Rights subcommittee, today renewed his request to visit Bishop Rolando José Álvarez in Nicaragua: “I remain very concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Bishop Rolando José Álvarez amid inconsistent reports of his status in Nicaragua, and I renew my request to visit him there,” said Smith, who issued a letter to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega last month requesting a meeting with Bishop Álvarez. “Bishop Álvarez is a compassiona... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s recent approval for Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to begin construction on New Jersey’s first offshore wind project: “The Biden Administration is once again recklessly greenlighting the unprecedented offshore wind industrialization of our shore before we know all of the potentially catastrophic impacts of these projects. Along with the significant environmental, economic and mi... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) chairs a congressional hearing on July 14, 2022 exposing the Chinese Communist Party's egregious exploitation of children in Africa—especially the labor trafficking of up to 40,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo—to mine cobalt, lithium and various rare earth minerals. Smith's new legislation—HR 4443—is drawn in part from insightful testimony from expert witnesses from his hearing. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on G... Read more

Citing Governor Phil Murphy’s own Division of Rate Counsel, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement urging the New Jersey Legislature to reject legislation—A-5651 and S-4019—backed by the Governor that will redirect US federal tax credits to the Danish offshore wind company Orsted: “The hardworking people of New Jersey deserve better than Trenton’s plan to bail out foreign offshore wind corporation Orsted and give away billions of federal tax credits intended for ra... Read more