Eighty years after the late SSgt. Thomas P. Culkin’s B-17 was shot down over Belgium and he became a prisoner of war, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) on Monday presented two of his daughters with the Purple Heart he longed for and tried to get, but was denied by the U.S. Defense Department. "This is a proud day for the family, and their history,” said Smith, who had contacted the Army and the Air Force on behalf of Culkin’s daughters, Kathleen Maurer of Tinton Falls, Joan Manley of Red Bank, and... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Fox Business reporter Jeff Flock at the Manasquan Inlet to discuss the independent investigation he secured from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) into the potential irreparable harm that New Jersey’s unprecedented offshore wind development could have on the environment, the fishing industry, military operations, navigational safety and more: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Fox Business live from Middletown, NJ to call attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal genocide against the Uyghurs, severe religious persecution and egregious human rights abuses as President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken court Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. Smith also discusses his legislation (HR 638) that would revoke China’s special trade privileges and require China to stop its horrific human rights violations if it wishes to enj... Read more

The Government Accountability Office (GAO)—the independent congressional watchdog—has officially agreed to launch an investigation into the impacts of New Jersey’s offshore wind development on the environment, the fishing industry, military operations, navigational safety and more, announced Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today. “This aggressive, independent investigation into the ocean-altering impacts of the 3,400 offshore wind turbines slated for the Jersey Shore will help address the wide-ranging ... Read more

Pat McDaniel,Patch Staff Regina Mullen has finally received official acknowledgement of what she, as a nurse, has known for more than a year - that her son's death during Hell Week training in February 2022 came about from inadequate medical treatment. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, announced Thursday that top Navy officials briefed him and Mullen, of Manalapan, on the findings of a long-anticipated “command” investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of her 24-year-old son, Kyl... Read more

While chairing a congressional hearing today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres to use his influence to dissuade the Chinese government from forcibly repatriating an estimated 2,000 North Korean refugees who could face torture, sexual assault, forced abortion, forced labor, and possible execution upon their return. “Beijing must not be complicit in the plight of North Korean ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today welcomed the unprecedented agreement reached by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to allow members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to view the dissent channel cable that was sent by 23 officials at the US Embassy in Kabul just one month before President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The Biden Administration has failed to provide the truth to the American pe... Read more

More than 15 months after Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen tragically died after completing the notorious “Hell Week” training, top Navy officials today briefed his grieving mother Regina and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the findings of their long-anticipated “command” investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of her 24-year-old son from Manalapan, New Jersey. Among its conclusions, the investigation identified “failures across multiple systems that led to a number of candidates b... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today issued the following statement on the new national strategy released by the Biden Administration aimed at addressing the surge in antisemitic hate across the United States: “There are many good things about the plan—above all I welcome the attention it pays to community/physical security, to the problems of getting better reporting and law enforcement responses to antisemitic violence and harassment, and... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee, and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today issued the following statement on recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and grave concerns about the pending national elections there: “I strongly urge the Biden Administration and advocates of democracy around the world to support efforts by the Catholic and other churches in the... Read more