U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (NJ-04) Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) and other pro-life leaders will hold a press conference Monday March 24 to unveil legislation to protect Pregnancy Care Centers across the country, which serve women throughout pregnancy and help families access life-affirming resources. Pregnancy care centers are community-based, nonprofit organizations that provide free support and resources to support the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs o... Read more

– U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, held a congressional hearing on the ongoing religious freedom violations in Nigeria. Expert witnesses joined in Smith’s appeal to Secretary Marco Rubio to redesignate Africa’s most populous nation as a “Country of Particular Concern,” a designation President Trump used in his first term to help persecuted Christians in Nigeria. "One of our distinguished witnesses—Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the diocese of... Read more

– U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, will chair a congressional hearing on the ongoing religious freedom violations in Nigeria, and whether Africa’s most populous nation should be officially designated as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the U.S. State Department. WHAT: Congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: “Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation” WHO: Smith, members of the Subcommi... Read more

– Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today expressed serious concerns regarding the election of Suriname's Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin, as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS). “Suriname Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin’s record regarding democratic governance, as well as his close ties to foreign actors, particularly the People’s Republic ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) recently received the Congressional Steward of the Dream Award for his leadership and outstanding commitment to stomach cancer research. “I cannot thank you enough for your years of advocacy for stomach cancer research,” said Melani Vincelli, the New Jersey South Chapter leader of the nationwide Debbie’s Dream Foundation, which presented the award to Smith on Feb. 26 at a Capitol Hill event. Melani Vincelli (right) a resident of the Fourth Congressional District and Debb... Read more

– Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Africa Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, has introduced legislation (HR 1744) to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) through September 2028. Smith’s bipartisan bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Henry Cuellar (D-TX). “The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is the U.S. government’s most effective, unbiased, and respected voic... Read more

— On Nov. 10, 1967, 20-year-old Pete Celentano wrote home to his mother and father about surviving the Battle of Dak To in Vietnam, noting that he was injured in battle, which they might read in the newspaper. Little did he know that very letter and a local news report of the battle published on the same day, would be at the crux of a congressional inquiry to the Department of the Army. The documents would provide proof that the now 78-year-old Jackson resident was deserving of the Purple Heart... Read more

— Flying into the jungles of South Vietnam and meeting with community leaders in remote villages was a dangerous job. And Mike Vaccaro, then 24, did it often. “What I was doing was helping local people protect themselves, defend themselves, and know what to do,” when faced with threats from the Viet Cong or North Vietnamese Army raiding their villages, Vaccaro told Congressman Chris Smith (NJ04) on Friday, Feb. 21, at Smith’s office in Middletown. Though the dangerous terrain in the Mekong Delta... Read more

At a hearing this week before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the top general for all air defenses for the continental United States and Canada expressed concerns about the origin and purpose of swarms of drones that have been reported across the country, including over New Jersey’s military facilities and power infrastructure. “The General’s comments provide further proof that the Biden national security team was dismissive and downplayed the risks presented by the mystery drones spotted a... Read more

Critical, extensive beach protection efforts, made possible by federal funding secured by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), will FINALLY begin on Monday, Feb. 10. “Our NJ coastline often bears the brunt of frequent, major storm events that over time cause significant erosion, decimate our local beaches and threatens the safety and well-being of local homeowners and beachgoers,” Smith said. “To help protect our shore communities and help our towns meet the staggering costs of beach erosion, t... Read more