U.S. Rep. Chris Smith gave the folllowing remarks in the Congressional Record to commemorate the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington D.C., and the subsequent deaths of innocent victims in New York, Pennsylvania and Virgina. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith took to the House floor tonight to bring the plight of a nine-year-old American boy held in Brazil to the attention of the Congress. Read more

Congressman Smith, a founding member and co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Bosnia, took to the House floor today speak out in strong support of H. Res. 171. Read more

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Let me just say, to clarify the record, this legislation, which would seek to lay bare the science about Lyme disease, the fact that I believe we do have an epidemic, the fact that Lyme often go misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed. It is called “the great pretender” because so many people have it and don’t know it. It often masquerades as other kinds of anomalies manifesting in a person’s body. And it is not until it gets to a chronic state—very often causing severe disability... Read more

MR. SMITH of New Jersey I thank my good friend, the distinguished ranking member, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for yielding. And Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution. Despite the passage of seven years, Madam Speaker, the scars from the attack on our country on September 11, 2001 remain. They remain from the loss of the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children, including over 50 men and women from my own district, the 4th District of New Jersey. Over the course of the... Read more

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey Madam Speaker, in December of 2006 and then again in March of 2007, my Human Rights Subcommittee's computers were attacked by a virus that, in HIR's words, ``intended to take control of the computers.'' At that time, the IT professionals cleaned the computers and informed my staff that the attacks seemed to come from the People's Republic of China. They said it came through or from a Chinese IP address. The attackers hacked into files related to China. These contained le... Read more

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and didn't get here in time to speak on the resolution lauding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1022, as amended and presented to the House today. Mr. Speaker, reducing maternal and child mortality and providing quality health care and nutrition to ensure the well-being of both mother and baby here and abroad, has been a top legislative priority for me throughout my 28 years as a Member of Congress. All loss of life is tragic, especially when it is preventable. When a mother dies, the loss, the heartache is compounded by the deleterious impact on ... Read more

US Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health today gave excerpts of the following statement during House floor debate of HR 5501 the “Tom Lantos and Henry Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 which passed the House of Representatives today 308-116: Read more

Mr. Smith of New Jersey Mr. Speaker, Today, 35 years after the infamous Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortion on demand throughout pregnancy, we mourn the estimated 50 million innocent girls and boys whose lives were cut off by abortion—a staggering loss of children’s lives, equal to six times the total number of people living in my home state of New Jersey. Someday future generations of Americans will look back on us and wonder how and why such a rich and seemingly enlightened society, s... Read more