Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, joined Paul Tonko (D-NY) in introducing a package of bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening federal support for research on Alzheimer’s disease and the development of treatments and potential cures. The comprehensive legislative package to combat the disease includes the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act (H.R. 7773)—which ensures a direct funding mechanism for researchers to effectiv... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House global health subcommittee, today issued the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plans to surrender U.S. sovereignty to the World Health Organization at the upcoming World Health Assembly: “The Biden Administration’s absurd proposal to surrender U.S. sovereignty to the corrupt World Health Organization (WHO) is an egregious breach of constitutional principle that will lead to less accountability and more misconduct by this probl... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) speaks with NJ Spotlight News Anchor Briana Vannozzi on the new legislation he co-sponsored aimed at bolstering the U.S. baby formula supply amid the alarming national shortage and strengthening its resilience to supply chain disruptions to prevent a future crisis. Click here or on the image below to watch the interview; or click here to read more about Smith’s efforts. Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today joined local and county officials in Toms River to mark the groundbreaking for a new Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic, which will replace Ocean County’s Brick clinic that Smith secured in 1991 but can no longer accommodate the large veterans population in the area. “A grateful nation must put veterans first and ensure that their sacrifice is tangibly recognized in both word and deed,” said Rep. Smith, who has authored more than a dozen laws improving educational, homel... Read more

Amid the alarming shortage of baby formula gripping the nation, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) this week pushed for new legislation—the Formula Act of 2022 (H.R. 7718)—intended to bolster the U.S. infant formula supply and help strengthen its resilience to supply chain disruptions to prevent a future crisis. “As millions of American families scramble to feed their infants, President Biden has failed to take effective action to resolve this life-or-death crisis and ensure parents have access to this cr... Read more

At a human rights hearing today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced harvesting of organs from living prisoners, calling for an “immediate concerted effort to stop this barbaric practice—not only in China, but also by its global enablers.” Chaired by Smith, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing comes on the heels of the groundbreaking article recently published in a top, peer-reviewed U.S. medical journal citing overwhelming evidence of the CCP’... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) this week cosponsored new legislation (H.R. 7690) to defund the Biden Administration’s so-called “Disinformation Governance Board”—the taxpayer-funded initiative posing threats to free speech that was recently announced by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The bill—introduced by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy—would prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or carry out the DHS Disinformation Governance Board or any other simil... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today released the following statement on the recent arrest of Hong Kong Cardinal Zen and other democracy advocates: “The arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen and other democracy advocates by Hong Kong police is an egregious abuse of human rights and religious freedom that should chill freedom-loving people the world over. The persecution of Cardinal Zen, f... Read more

The leak of Justice Alito’s February draft opinion on Dobbs is an egregious abuse of process and trust. That said, the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to take a powerful step towards empowering elected representatives to protect the weakest and most vulnerable. We are at the tipping point. A new national debate on abortion has begun and fresh scrutiny must be brought to bear on how the lives of unborn children are destroyed including by dismemberment with sharp knives, pulverization by powerful... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement today on the 47th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon: “Today, April 30, marks the 47th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the free Republic of Vietnam. Tragically, the Communist government that has ruled the entire country since then asserted totalitarian control over society, which led to a great exodus of people fleeing for hope of a better life and for freedom. Today our nation has been enriched by the contributions of so man... Read more