By Jim Murdoch and Lanette Espy Another dead dolphin washed up on a beach in Monmouth County. This is now the sixth dolphin to end up dead in the Leonardo State Marina section of Monmouth County since February. Three died at Sandy Hook and another had to be put down in Atlantic Highlands. Fingers are pointed to offshore wind research as the cause of these unprecedented marine mammal deaths while scientists say there's no connection there. MORE: Dead dolphin washes up on Avalon beach; 4th this m... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today reintroduced legislation with Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) to allow US citizens the right to sue the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and hold the regime accountable for its large-scale misrepresentation campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Smith-Burgess legislation comes on the heels of new testimony offered by former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield on Wednesday that COVID-19 most likely originated ... Read more

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