U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus gave the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives during a Special Order focused on the recent undercover Planned Parenthood videos. The speech can be viewed here. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Thank you, Mr. Duffy. Thank you for yielding to me and for your leadership on this extremely important human rights issue. Mr. Speaker, in 2011, an undercover videotape sting operation by Live Action e... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, took to the House floor last night to voice his concerns about Iran's aspirations to acquire nuclear capability and its widespread human rights violations: Mr. Speaker, the deadline is bearing down on us for the President’s nuclear agreement with Iran–so at this moment Congress must send the administration a strong message: in order to be acceptable, any agreement must bar every Iranian path to nuclear weapo... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) took to the House floor this afternoon to support and call for House passage of The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Smith, co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, gave the following remarks on the floor: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. “Mr./Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend and colleague for yielding. “Mr. Speaker, pain, we all dread it. We avoid it. We even fear it. And we all go to extraordinary lengths to mitigate its severity and its d... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today managed debate of H.R. 4653, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act. Smith gave the following statement on the House floor: "Mr. Speaker, I move that the House suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4653, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014, as amended, authored by Chairman Frank Wolf of Virginia. "H.R. 4653 demonstrates th... Read more

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey: Mr. Speaker, I, like my colleagues, am grateful that the U.S. Supreme Court took up this critical case for religious liberty; and I--we, Mr. Speaker, are hopeful that the court will provide much-needed relief from this discriminatory Obamacare policy. Under the Obama administration's coercive mandate, family-owned businesses like Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood have found themselves in the impossible situation of being forced to violate their moral or religious beliefs or... Read more

Congressman Smith gave the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives today regarding passage of HR 7, cosponsored by 171 Members: HR 7 seeks to accomplish three important goals: Make the Hyde Amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent; Ensure that the Affordable Care Act faithfully conforms with the Hyde Amendment as promised by the President; Provide full disclosure, transparency and the prominent display of the extent to which any health insurance ... Read more

In observation of January 11, Human Trafficking Awareness Day, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) gave the following statement: Tomorrow, January 11, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day—a day on which we remember that more than 20 million human beings toil and suffer as slaves across the globe. A day to rededicate ourselves to creating an environment of zero tolerance for human trafficking in all its forms. When I first introduced the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 1998, the legislation was met... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) today spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about the Embassy Security Act (the 2014 State Dept. authorization), which includes provisions of his International Megan's Law legislation to limit to one year the length of U.S. passports for convicted sex offenders. The following are excerpts of his remarks on the Floor, September 28, 2013: "On Tuesday of this week, my subcommittee staff director Greg Simpkins and I returned from a four-day trip to Nigeria,... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) gave the following remarks during House floor debate today of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Pain. We all dread it. Avoid it. Even fear it. And we all go to extraordinary lengths to mitigate its severity and duration. There are Kermit Gosnells all over America today inflicting not only violence, cruelty and death on very young children—but excruciating pain as well. Many Americans—including some who self-identify as pro-choice— were shocked and dismayed by... Read more

U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, chairman of the House human rights subcommittee, took to the House floor today to call on the U.S. Administration to cease its indifference to widespread human rights abuses in China, even as President Obama prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow. "Tomorrow, President Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California to discuss security and economic issues," said Smith co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commissio... Read more