The following are excerpts of remarks given by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa: I want to congratulate Chairman ROYCE on the Electrify Africa Act as a companion bill to the legislation that we have before us today. We held a hearing in my subcommittee that KAREN BASS will remember well in November of 2014. The blessings that will accrue from a huge effort to electrify Africa are almost without limit, especially when it comes to health care and ensuring that... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition, provided the following remarks on the floor February 1st, 2016: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize American Heart Month and to acknowledge the tireless advocacy of the staff and volunteers of the American Heart Association, and the organizations in my home state of New Jersey and across the country. They work this month, and year round, in the effort to raise awareness of heart disease, stroke, and other card... Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (NJ-04), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of its global human rights subcommittee, issued a strong statement on Jan. 11 calling for House passage of the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act. The House passed the measure 418-2 on Jan. 2. The following are Smith's floor remarks: I rise in strong support of H.R. 757, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016. There is a compelling need to pass tough and effective legislatio... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) took to the House floor Jan. 7 to call for the repeal of the most damaging provisions of Obamacare. The following are excerpts of his remarks: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act and urge all of my colleagues to vote to dismantle Obamacare by repealing the most damaging aspects of this egregiously flawed law. [Click here to read excerpts Congressional Record) The legislation before us today ... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives today during debate on HR 3762. The following are excerpts of his remarks: "Subsidized by over $500 million taxpayers’ dollars each year, Planned Parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons a baby to death every two minutes—killing over seven million innocent children since 1973. "Planned Parenthood is 'Child Abuse Inc.' "Now, undercover videos have exposed in numbing candor, several high level Planned Parenthood le... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith on H.R. 3457 during debate on the floor of the House of Representatives October 1, 2015: Mr. Speaker, in 1983, 241 American servicemen in Beirut were killed and another 60 injured by a car bomb. One of the Marines murdered was my constituent, Paul Innocenzi III, who lived with his young family in my hometown of Hamilton. In my second term as congressman, I joined mourners at his funeral. I will never forget the agony and sorrow of his fa... Read more

The following are remarks from U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) during floor debate of HR 3495, the Women’s Health and Public Safety Act: Mr. Speaker, last week Pope Francis admonished a joint session of Congress to follow the Golden Rule—to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”—and said that the Golden Rule compels us to “protect and defend human life at every stage of development,” and that “it is wrong to remain silent and look the other way.” At the White House welcoming ceremony ... Read more

Congressional Pro-life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) gave the following remarks on the House floor today calling for passage of H.R. 3504, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as well as a separate bill, H.R. 3134, to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funds: "Undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress have again brought into sharp focus that some babies actually survive abortion," said Smith, a co-sponsor of both bills. "Dr. Savita Ginde, Medical D... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) gave the following remarks on H.R. 3134 and H.R. 3504 on the House floor today: Mr. Speaker, human dismemberment is a painful and absolutely frightening way for anyone to die but in Planned Parenthood clinics across the country, such violence against children is commonplace and usual. Subsidized by half a billion taxpayer dollars annually, Planned Parenthood kills a baby every two minutes, snuffing out the lives of over seven million infants since 1973—a staggering ... Read more

With the House of Representatives voting 162-258 today to resoundingly reject the controversial Iran nuclear deal, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee who voted against the deal, delivered the following remarks during debate on the House floor: “What was previously unacceptable—an Iranian nuclear state—is now inevitable under the terms and conditions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “Tragically, the deal is riddled with serious flaws, gaps,... Read more