Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today introduced legislation to permanently prohibit the United States government from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which has a lengthy history of espousing and distributing antisemitic rhetoric and materials. Republican Reps. Darrell Issa (CA-48), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Tom Kean (NJ-07), A... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant Published July 23, 2026 The United States would be banned from making donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency under legislation that Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) introduced on Thursday. “For more than 23 years, I have been sounding the alarm on UNRWA and its longstanding record of antisemitism and Jew-hatred,” stated Smith, co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. “UNRWA is one of the chief drivers of conflict between Palestinians... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the below statement following New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill’s announcement that a “software error” within the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s voter-registration system resulted in approximately 6,600 non-U.S. citizens being registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024, with 400 of those individuals going on to cast ballots in official elections: “This disturbing revelation out of Trenton—perhaps only the tip of the iceberg—confirms what Republican... Read more

Today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act (HR 7008). “Today, I supported—and the House passed—critical legislation to enhance transparency and accountability for Members of Congress and their families, as well as bolster the security of our elections,” said Smith, an original cosponsor of HR 7008. The Stop Insider Trading Act will unequivocally prohibit Members, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing ... Read more

By Tessa Gervasini Published July 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM ET Nearly five dozen U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging a federal investigation into the deaths of “the D.C. Five,” the five allegedly late‑term aborted babies recovered from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic four years ago. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, along with more than 50 other GOP lawmakers, called on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to “comprehensively investigate ... Read more

By Calvin Freiburger Published Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 12:06 PM EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — More than 50 Republican members of Congress are urging Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to investigate the remains of unborn babies discarded years ago by an abortion facility in the nation’s capital for possible cases of infanticide that so far have evaded justice. In 2022, the group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) discovered the remains of five aborted babies (warning: gr... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), and 55 other Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to thoroughly investigate whether the horrific deaths of five late-term, preborn babies at a D.C. abortion clinic could be attributed to the crimes of infanticide or partial-birth abortion. Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus... Read more

By Mary Margaret Olohan Published July 21, 2026 A group of Republican lawmakers are urging acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to bring long-awaited clarity to the gruesome deaths of five premie-sized babies recovered from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic in 2022. Utah Senator Mike Lee and Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, along with more than 50 other lawmakers, are calling on Blanche to “comprehensively investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of five preborn children” who... Read more

Today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), marked 27 years of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s systemic persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. “Twenty-seven years ago, the Chinese Communist Party launched its brutal campaign to eradicate the Falun Gong,” said Smith, who, in 1999, authored the first piece of U.S. legislation condemning the CCP’s abuse of Falun Gong practitioners. “Falun Gong practitioners have been imprisoned, torture... Read more

By Brian Freeman Published Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM EDT More than 50 Republican lawmakers are urging acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to launch a federal investigation into the deaths of five babies whose remains were recovered from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic in 2022, arguing the case has gone unexamined for years, the Daily Wire reported on Tuesday. Led by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., the lawmakers called on Blanche to "comprehensively investigate t... Read more