On Thursday, November 12th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, will chair his fourteenth congressional hearing on the religious persecution of Christians by radical Islamist groups in Nigeria, as well as the Nigerian government’s efforts to mitigate the violence and protect vulnerable communities in the Middle Belt. WHAT: Congressional hearing that assesses the current state of religious violence perpetrated by radical Islamists, such as Boko Har... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Caucus, welcomed U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of the 16 winners of the LymeX Visible Voices Prize, including YMD from Lakewood Township. Smith noted that one of the winners, YMD—based in his congressional district in Lakewood, NJ—created a card that allows patients to organize their symptom histories, enabling them to better communicate the... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) (PL 106-386), issued the following statement after Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander were each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for their roles in a decade-long sex trafficking and sexual abuse scheme: “These sentences send a powerful message: wealth, privilege, and social status do not put anyone above the law. The Alexander brothers used their resources and influence to lure women and minors i... Read more

By U.S. Rep. Chris Smith Published October 24, 2026 at 8:37 AM Twenty-five years ago, an appalling number of our Nation’s heroes were living on the street. It was a scandal: men and women—who courageously and selflessly stepped up and put their lives on the line to defend our great Nation—were without homes in the very country they served. According to Veterans Administration (VA) estimates, in 2001 almost 300,000 veterans were experiencing homelessness in the United States on any given night. O... Read more

By Jeanne Wall Published October 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM NEW JERSEY — As millions of Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease and families shoulder the growing demands of caregiving, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith is highlighting advances in research, the importance of early detection and the need for continued federal investment in treatment and support. Smith (R-N.J.), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Caucus, delivered remarks Oct. 22 at the U.S. Department of Health and Hum... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks delivered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Caucus, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) first-ever Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Summit on Thursday, October 22nd, 2026: Special thanks to Secretary Kennedy for his amazing efforts to combat Alzheimer’s Disease and for hosting the first-ever Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Summit. And thanks to each of t... Read more

By Robert P. George Published October 14, 2026 Robert P. George is the McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. More than 170,000 solid organ transplants are performed each year, yet that constitutes less than 10 percent of global demand. Nefarious actors have long been keen to fill the gap through what international law describes as coercion, deception and abuse of power or of a position of vulner... Read more

By Mary Stadnyk, Associate Editor Published October 9, 2026 Thousands of pro-life advocates gathered at the New Jersey Statehouse Annex in Trenton Oct. 8 for the annual Rally and March for Life, calling on lawmakers to protect women and unborn children. PHOTO GALLERY: NJ March for Life The event brought together people of all ages, including pro-life organizations from every diocese in the state, as well as Catholic school and parish delegations. Speakers included state legislators, representati... Read more

By Amira Abuzeid Published October 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM ET The State Department released its 2026 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Oct. 8, showing criminal organizations and repressive governments are using trafficking for profit in new ways. The report, released more than three months after the June 30 deadline, said the spread of industrial-scale online scam operations “pose a direct threat to US national security.” Transnational crime organizations, mostly run by Chinese nationals and lon... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks delivered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, at the 2026 New Jersey March for Life in Trenton, NJ: I met my dear wife, Marie, more than fifty years ago in the pro-life movement. We spent many days lobbying here at our state capital. Today, like you, we remain hope-filled. Special thanks to Marie Tasy for her extraordinary leadership, courage, wisdom and tenacity in the defense of the weakest and most vulnerable. Thank... Read more