Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) hosted a meeting this week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Brigadier General Thomas Tickner, commander of the North Atlantic Region, along with State Department of Environmental Protection and local officials to discuss short-term, mid-term and long-term fixes to the severe beach erosion in Bay Head Borough most recently caused by Winter Storm Orlena in February. The meeting follows a meeting Smith hosted in February, in Bay Head with federal, state and loc... Read more

Remarks of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) Virtual Rally against anti-Semitism 5/27/2021 https://www.adl.org/actagainstantisemitism Good afternoon: I’m Congressman Chris Smith and I strongly believe that the explosion of anti-Semitism in the United States and worldwide must be exposed and rigorously combated. On this Day of Action against anti-Semitism, special thanks to the Orthodox Union, ADL, AJC, Jewish Federations and Hadassah for their extraordinary work and for organizing today’s rally. Two decad... Read more

United States Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), prime author of the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020—as well as the Belarus Democracy Acts of 2004, 2006 and 2011—today demanded the immediate release of journalist and pro-democracy leader Raman Pratasevich who was arrested by Belarusian President Lukashenka after forcing the commercial airliner he was aboard to land in Minsk. “Aboard a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania, Mr. Pratasevich’s flight was intercepted by ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), two founding co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-founders and co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, issued the following statement condemning recent antisemitic incidents across the globe: “As co-chairs of the bipartisan congressional task forces for combating antisemitism, we are alarmed and deeply concerned... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) have teamed up again and reintroduced their bipartisan legislation—the Get the Lead Out Act (HR 3300)—to combat the life-threatening risk of lead in drinking water systems in their districts and across the country. First introduced in 2020, the legislation would provide $66.2 billion over ten years and direct every utility in America to develop a plan to identify and remove lead pipes that threaten the health of residents—especially children.... Read more

At a bipartisan, bicameral human rights hearing on Capitol Hill this week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned the egregious and ongoing genocide and other atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), calling upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to find a new host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics or face a boycott of the Beijing Games. “In granting Beijing host status for the Olympic Games, we are crowning a barbarous regime with laurels while we should be condemning th... Read more

The following are excerpts of the opening remarks of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, at a joint congressional hearing he chaired entitled "China, Genocide and the Olympics," held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021: “…in solidarity with the oppressed and not the oppressor, in solidarity with the victims and not the victimizer … find a new host city—or boycott… Don’t enable or sponsor the “Genocide Olympics” This hearing—China, Genocide, and the Olympics—wil... Read more

George Woolston - Burlington County Times A request for federal funding for the project to connect the Fort Dix and Lakehurst sections of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has gone before a new committee. U.S. Reps. Andy Kim (D-03) and Chris Smith (R-04) recently submitted separate $8 million requests to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Route 539 overpass project. In his letter to the committee leadership, Smith called the project his "top transportation priority."... Read more

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), in conjunction with the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, May 18 to examine the implications of holding the XXIV Winter Olympiad in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in light of the country’s egregious human rights record. In February 2022, the People’s Republic of China is scheduled to host the XXIV Winter Olympiad. But the PRC’s highly repressive human r... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the ongoing rocket attacks against Israel: “I categorically denounce the rocket attacks against innocent Israeli civilians – including Jewish and Arab civilians – which have been launched from Gaza. I further condemn the urban street violence targeting Jews in cities such as Lod, including attacks on synagogues, motorists and people in their homes. Israel has every right to defend its citizens, and its response has been proportionate and ... Read more