Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, met with Taiwan Ambassador Hsiao Bi-khim on Thursday to discuss Taiwan’s security needs and the United States’ commitment to work with the democratic country to combat the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) security threats and malign influence. “In great contrast to Xi Jinping’s cruel dictatorship, Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and a great strategic partner who respects human rights and shares our values and aspira... Read more

At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing today on President Biden’s egregiously flawed exit from Afghanistan, Marine Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews told Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that the Taliban brutalized people in front of US servicemembers, knowing that the United States was not “going to do anything about it.” “In 2021, a National Security Council spokesperson characterized the Taliban as acting ‘business-like’ and ‘professional,” said Smith, asking Vargas-Andrews about his first-hand exp... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for New Jersey’s Fourth Congressional District will be held at Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center in Brick. “The Congressional Art Competition provides an amazing opportunity each year to recognize and celebrate the profound creativity and artistic gifts of students in our area,” said Smith, who hosts the annual contest for high school students in his congressional district. “Thanks to Hacken... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith, Jason Duke, and Beaker—one of nearly 4,000 beagles rescued from inhumane treatment at an Envigo testing laboratory. Teaming up to boost efforts in the fight against animal abuse, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) have reintroduced the Pet Safety and Protection Act (HR 208)—bipartisan legislation to permanently prohibit the sale of animals to research labs by Class B (or random source) dealers who round up pets that are often lost or stolen. “Class B dealers h... Read more

Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chip Roy (R-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Dr. Andy Harris (R-MD) today issued the following statement in response to reports that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) banned an organization of pro-life doctors from presenting at its annual medical education conference taking place this week in National Harbor, MD: “The reported decision by ACOG—an organization purporting to represent all obstetrician–gynecologists—to ... Read more

Rep. Smith speaks at the Save the Whales rally in Point Pleasant Beach on Sunday, February 19th. Pictured with Smith are (left to right) Trisha DeVoe, a naturalist and rally organizer; Leslie Mangold, rally organizer; Seaside Park Mayor John Peterson Jr; and Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action and rally organizer. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement in response to another dead whale that washed ashore in Seaside Park in his congressional distric... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement as an international working group begins a months-long process of drafting a binding pandemic treaty that could cede American sovereignty to the World Health Organization (WHO): “The Biden Administration must not empower bureaucrats of the WHO—a troubled United Nations body that took disastrous missteps in the initial stages of the COV... Read more

Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Kathy Manning (D-NC) today officially launched the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism for the 118th Congress. The bipartisan group of lawmakers is dedicated to confronting the alarming rise in attacks against Jews throughout the country and across the world. “Antisemitism won’t disappear by ignoring it or wishing it away—it must be defeated,” said Smith, who serves as Co-Chair of the bipartisan task force together with Manning. “With hatred against the Jewi... Read more

Bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, to combat the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ghoulish industry of stealing people’s organs cleared a major hurdle in Congress today as the Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously to advance the bill to the House Floor. Smith’s bill (HR 1154)—cosponsored by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Bill Keating (D-MA) and Kathy Manning (D-NC)—comes in response to the CCP’s state-spons... Read more

By Jeanne Wall Published February 25, 2023 at 2:07 AM NEW JERSEY— Fire departments across New Jersey, as part of a countrywide initiative, can now apply for federal funding to hire and train professional firefighters or to recruit more volunteer front line firefighters. According to a press release issued yesterday by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) will provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter intere... Read more