The House of Representatives approved a wide-ranging foreign relations bill that contains several provisions authored by Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations. The bill passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 382-42. Read more

The International Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, meeting in the Netherlands, has passed two resolutions authored by Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Commission), that urge OSCE nations to redouble efforts to combat anti-Semitism and human trafficking. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission), is leading the U.S. delegation to the annual Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly taking place in Rotterdam this week. Read more

Just days after returning from a landmark anti-Semitism summit he helped establish in Vienna, Congressman Chris Smith, R-Hamilton, today ushered through the House a sweeping resolution that calls upon lawmakers, law enforcement officials, and educators to amplify their efforts to counter violence and hatred against the Jewish People and Faith. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith is in Vienna today as part of a State Department delegation representing the United States at the first-ever OSCE international conference tasked with further developing and strengthening practices to combat anti-Semitism. Read more

President George Bush signed into law legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, that expands and enhances a loan program that predominantly benefits women living in impoverished developing nations. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations and the prime author of the nation’s landmark law against human trafficking, made the following statement today regarding the release of the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which monitors human trafficking in other nations. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith’s legislation that would help the poor – especially women – in developing nations obtain small business loans to improve their lives passed the House of Representatives today for the second straight year. It now heads to the Senate. Read more

Major legislation that authorizes spending for the State Department and many national foreign policy initiatives contains more than a half-dozen amendments authored by Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the Committee on International Relations. After a two-day markup session, the bill was adopted by the full committee and is expected to be on the House floor in early June. Read more

The House Committee on International Relations today approved the Fiscal Year 2004 Foreign Operations Authorization Bill with an amendment offered by Vice Chairman Chris Smith that would enable the United States to provide humanitarian relief to refugees while maintaining stringent homeland security safeguards. Read more