The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that calls on the British government to continue to advance the recent historic progress in the Northern Ireland peace process by following through on their promise of full “independent public judicial” investigation into the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane.
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When Speaker Nancy Pelosi boldly proclaimed this month that this would be a Congress that remembers the children, I couldn’t help but think that this smart, savvy grandmother of 6, who now wields the most powerful gavel in the world, was forgetting someone.
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The day after the release of a devastating report detailing collusion between a Protestant paramilitary organization and police in Northern Ireland, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) calling on the government of the of the United Kingdom to begin a full “independent public judicial” investigation of the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane.
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The following are excerpts from the speech delivered by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today at the March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.:
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Autism is the nation’s fastest growing developmental disability. Just ten years ago, the U.S. autism rate was thought to be 1 in every 500 children. Today, 1 out of every 166 children born in the United States is affected by the disability.
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A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus was signed into law over the weekend by President George W. Bush.
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In a letter released this week, U.S. Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) urged Turkmenistan’s Acting President to carry-out his promises of educational and information reforms and called for a free and fair election in the former Soviet-Bloc nation
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Comprehensive legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to prevent terrorists from obtaining surface-to-air missiles, support key U.S. allies including Israel, and assist U.S. diplomats while conducting missions overseas and was signed into law by President George W. Bush today.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the historic “Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005,” voted today against legislation that would allocate federal funding for research that destroys human embryos, and called for federal efforts to be focused on ethical stem cell research instead, where major advancements have been made already.
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