Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Diana Harshbarger, Pharm.D. (R-TN), and more than 170 Republican lawmakers, including the entirety of House GOP leadership, released a new letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary, MD, urging a robust FDA investigation and review of the safety standards and health risks associated with the popular chemical abortion pill, mifepristone. The November 20th le... Read more

By Emily Hallas Published November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM A fraction of over 300 students who were recently abducted from a Catholic school by Nigerian militants have escaped to freedom, the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria announced on Sunday. Gunmen kidnapped students and teachers from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, on Friday, marking the latest episode in a spate of attacks against Christians from radicalized Islamist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Ful... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, sat down with host Laolu Akande on Channels Television’s “Inside Sources with Laolu Akande” to discuss the U.S. foreign policy implications of President Trump’s “Country of Particular Concern” redesignation of Nigeria. Smith also described the outcome of his meeting with a delegation of high-ranking Nigerian government officials, as well as the current state of religious persecution against Christians and modera... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, joined Fox News Channel’s “The Big Weekend Show” on Saturday, November 22 to discuss the worsening religious persecution and violence against Christians and moderate Muslims in Nigeria. Alongside hosts David Webb, Tomi Lahren, Jason Chaffetz, and Taylor Riggs, Rep. Smith also discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and prospects for peace, as well as congressional news of the day. Congressman Smith’s full interview can... Read more

By Godswill Udoh Published Friday, November 21, 2025 The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Representative Chris Smith, opened a hearing on Thursday with a stark warning about what he described as rapidly escalating, religion-driven violence in Nigeria, calling President Donald J. Trump’s recent redesignation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” a necessary and overdue alarm bell. Mr. Smith, a New Jersey Republican who has spent decades spotlighting abus... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement in response to the gruesome attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Niger state, Nigeria, wherein gunmen assaulted and abducted staff and approximately 52 students: “My wife, Marie, and I are absolutely appalled to hear of the monstrous attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Nigeria, which took place early this morning. So far, this vicious assault has r... Read more

By Mary Margaret Olohan Published November 21, 2025 WASHINGTON—Republicans are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to take “immediate action” to reinstate safety requirements on abortion drugs, highlighting a growing body of evidence showing that the drugs are causing severe and underreported harm to women. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Wire, New Jersey Rep. Christopher Smith and Tennessee Rep. Diana Harshbarger call on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. K... Read more

On Friday, November 21st, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, joined EWTN News Nightly to provide an overview of the ongoing religious persecution crisis in Nigeria and respond to the attack and abduction of students and staff at St. Mary’s Catholic Schools. The full interview can be viewed by clicking here. ### Read more

From torture to mass incarcerations, to forced live organ harvesting—over the last few decades, Congressman Chris Smith has helped shine a light on the deteriorating human rights conditions in mainland China. NTD's Steve Lance sat down with him to talk about the Chinese Communist Party's assault on religious freedom and why it's important to prioritize human rights in trade. The full interview can be viewed by clicking here. ### Read more

By Didi Tang Published November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide. Appearing before a congressional panel Thursday, Grace Jin Drexel said her father, Ezra Jin Mingri, was formally charged this week along with 17 other leaders of the prominent underground Zion Church. They were detained in O... Read more