Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Caucus, praised U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his leadership and new, groundbreaking investments in Lyme disease research, prevention, and treatment. At a press conference in New Hampshire on Friday, Secretary Kennedy unveiled HHS’ plans to dramatically enhance the federal government’s focus and commitment to programs designed to combat Lyme disease. Among ... Read more

By Gabrielle M. Etzel Published May 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM ET The Department of Health and Human Services announced a sweeping set of new initiatives to improve prevention and treatment of tick-borne diseases, including the chronic effects of Lyme disease. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., visiting New Hampshire on Friday, announced a variety of new programs, including new research funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve diagno... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN), Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), and 46 other members of Congress submitted an amicus brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), arguing that the Biden Administration illegally hijacked the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to force all employers nationwide—including faith-based or religious organizations—to... Read more

By Kate Scanlon Published May 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Fifty members of Congress offered their support to a lawsuit by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and other Catholic organizations seeking to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision within a set of federal regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers. Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J., Erin Houchin, R-Ind., and Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and James Lankford, R-Okla., and 46 other Repub... Read more

By Nirmala Carvalho Published May 23, 2026 MUMBAI, India – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata, India, early on Saturday, where he visited Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by St. Mother Teresa. Rubio spent an hour at the headquarters and then visited Nirmala Sishu Bhawan, an orphanage run by Missionaries of Charity. “It was a joy to welcome him, he wanted Blessings from Mother’s Tomb, it was like a family get together,” said Sister Concett... Read more

By Shashank Mattoo Published May 23, 2026 at 12:49 AM IST Ahead of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, an American lawmaker urged him to raise concerns regarding the proposed changes to India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). Rubio is set to hold extensive discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday, and will attend the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday next week. US Congressman Chris Smith said that the alterations if they... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith Published May 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET As Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to travel to New Delhi to meet Indian leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is poised to pass a law that could do lasting damage to the relations between our two countries. But if Indian leaders set the bill aside, it would be a win-win for both countries. During its “Monsoon Session” from July 21 to August 12, the Indian Parliament is set to consider a bill amending India’s Foreign C... Read more

During their full committee markup today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved two critical public health reauthorization bills authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)—HR 4348, the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and HR 5160, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025—which will now head to the House floor for a vote. “Now that these critical, life-enhancing bills have passed out of the Energy & Commerce Committee, we are one step closer to getting them across... Read more

By Robert Moffit and John Paul Libanati Published May 20, 2026 Communist China is producing a real horror show. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., recently convened a special session of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China and solicited stunning testimony from experts and eyewitnesses on the horrific practice of live organ harvesting—hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys, corneas—in Communist China. The unlucky cohort of living “donors”—men and women murdered for their body parts—is compri... Read more

At a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), heard chilling testimony from expert witnesses about the barbaric, systemic, and lucrative practice of forced organ harvesting and trafficking in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and beyond. “Today, this Commission examines one of the most barbaric human rights atrocities of our time: the forced harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience, death row ... Read more