Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the Bipartisan Taskforce to Combat Anti-Semitism, delivered the follow remarks on H.R. 672, the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 672, the Combating Anti-Semitism Act of 2017, sponsored by my friend NITA LOWEY. I and all of our fellow Co-Chairs of the Bi-Partisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism are original cosponsors. Among its provisions, the bill would require the Sta... Read more

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in my capacity as Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, I participated in a hearing to examine Russian military threats in the OSCE region. Russia today stands in violation of the central commitments of the Helsinki Final Act. These commitments include respect for the territorial integrity of States, fundamental freedoms, and the fulfillment in good faith of obligations unde... Read more

Today, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House panel on Africa, took to the House Floor in support of H. Res. 187: Last August, my staff director Greg Simpkins and I visited Juba, South Sudan, to press President Salva Kiir, his Vice President, the Minister of Defense, and five of his top generals, to end the civil war, protect innocent lives and reverse the conditions causing rampant disease and severe malnutrition that could soon lead to a famine. Just two months ago, famine was formall... Read more

Rep. Smith provided the following statement on the American Health Care Act: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey… Mr. Speaker, while the Affordable Care Act has been in effect since 2010, it has only provided actual access to health insurance benefits through the exchange and Medicaid expansion for a little over 3 years—beginning in 2014. In that short period of time, however, serious problems and flaws have been exposed, yet in recent months the law’s systemic problems have been trivialized or ignored by m... Read more

Today, Rep. Chris Smith delivered the following remarks on the House Floor: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give additional recognition to the tireless advocacy of the staff and volunteers of the American Heart Association, as well as the organizations in my home state of New Jersey and across the country and to mark the end of American Heart Month. Their ongoing efforts to combat the leading cause of death among men and women are essential, this month, and every month. On... Read more

U.S. Rep Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the bipartisan Pro-Life Caucus, took to the House Floor to speak in support of H.R. 7, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017”: “I would like to thank Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McCarthy, Whip Scalise and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rogers for their extraordinary leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor. Forty years ago, Congress enacted the Hyde Amendment—a law that continues to this d... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), took to the House Floor during debate on H.Res.11 to show strong support for the Resolution and for Israel: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend for yielding and for offering this important resolution, along with the ranking member, and I am proud to be a cosponsor. President Obama’s decision to abstain and not veto Security Council Resolution 2334 seriously undermines the peace process, abandons Israel at a critical hour in its life as a nation,... Read more

U.S. Congressman Chris Smih (NJ-04) Co-Chairman of the Autism Caucus and the Alzhiemer's Task force spoke on the floor today in support of his legislation, Kevin and Avonte's Law: Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. GOODLATTE, for his enormous efforts and those of his staff to, out of an abundance of caution, address some of the issues that were raised by my friend from Texas. I don’t think some of his concerns were included or at risk in the bill, but we clarified ... Read more

Rep. Smith (NJ-04) spoke in appreciation of his long time colleague, Joseph R. Pitts, on the eve of Pitts' retirement from public service: Madam Speaker, it is hard to imagine a Congress without the incomparable JOE PITTS—a remarkable and highly accomplished lawmaker, a distinguished statesman, a man of principle and bedrock moral conviction and a Christian, who faithfully seeks to do God’s will on Earth as it is in Heaven no matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, no matter the hardship. As I... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House panel on Africa and International Organizations, took to the House floor to deliver following speech in support of S. 1635, the “Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016”: Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for passage of S. 1635. A highly skilled group of Foreign Service Officers—about fifteen thousand strong—are deployed worldwide to promote peace, human rights, support prosperity, and protect Ame... Read more