By Stephen Appezzato – A coalition of environmental groups and fishing cooperatives has filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of Empire Wind 1, the offshore wind farm that will be located about 19 miles east of Long Branch. The groups, Clean Ocean Action (COA), Protect Our Coast New Jersey (POCNJ) and ACK for Whales, along with a list of fisheries, seafood co-ops, whale watch operators and civic leaders are asking the U.S. District Court to reinstate a stopwork order issued in April... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has introduced a bipartisan House Resolution calling for the immediate appointment of a U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan as the country descends further into genocidal violence, mass displacement, and humanitarian collapse. “HRes 479 is an instrument of strength that will provide the President and Secretary of State with the tools and information needed to end the war, deliver aid, and protect American nationa... Read more

Co-Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) held a hearing today of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C. focused on widespread human rights abuses by the government of Turkey against its own citizens. The following are excerpts of his remarks: The hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission—Human Rights in Turkey today—will come to order. We are here to expose and explore ways to mitigate and hopefully end massive violations of human rights by the government of Prime Minister... Read more

—Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) who has waged a multiyear fight against what he called “extremely dangerous” wind projects off New Jersey and elsewhere including Empire Wind today welcomed a lawsuit that contains compelling information that he believes will be helpful for the Trump Administration as it “continues its review of all wind industrial farms rushed through by the Biden Administration as part of the Green New Deal.” “As President Trump’s comprehensive review of offshore wind continues, this n... Read more

The alarming state of human rights in Turkey will be front and center at a bipartisan hearing to be chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) on Tuesday that will feature former NBA basketball player and now human rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom, and other advocates of human rights in Turkey. The U.S. State Department’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices noted Turkey’s alarming human rights abuses including “enforced dis... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) appeared on EWTN's the World Over show with host Raymond Aroyo June 5 to discuss numerous issues, including House passage of HR 1, the Big Beautiful Bill, and its protections of Social Security and Medicare, elimination of tax on tips, as well as wind energy development's negative impacts on the ocean, the civil war and atrocities in Sudan and other matters. The above segment aired June 5, 2025 and can be found online at: The World Over with Raymond Arroyo | EWTN and on Y... Read more

– Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called for stronger “biosecurity measures” and “enhanced vetting and significant limits” for foreign students entering the US in the wake of recent revelations that two Chinese nationals, Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, have been charged with smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a toxic fungus that poses significant threats to U.S. agriculture and public health, into the United States. Jia... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) a senior U.S. lawmaker and recognized human rights policy expert today congratulated new Polish President Karl Nawrocki on his election on Sunday. “Congratulations to Karol Nawrocki on his successful come-from-behind campaign. I’m deeply impressed by his character and obvious patriotism, and confident he will be a worthy successor to President Duda, who has defended Poland’s constitutional tradition and the rule of law. “Poland has one of the oldest constitutional traditi... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) spoke at the Monmouth County Emergency Operations Center upgrades ribbon cutting on Monday, June 2. The $1.6 million project was financed in part with a $1.2 Community Project Funding grant Smith obtained. The following are excerpts of his remarks at the event. In 2018—fifty years to the day after the first ever 9-1-1 call back in 1968—Monmouth County’s 9-1-1 Emergency Operations Center led so effectively by Sheriff Shaun Golden, was honored in Washington, DC for ... Read more

FREEHOLD, NJ — Sheriff Shaun Golden is proud to announce critical and technological upgrades to the Monmouth County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), made possible through generous federal funding secured by Congressman Chris Smith and supported by the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners, as hurricane season begins. “The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest gratitude to Congressman Smith for his continued support of public safety initiatives in Monmouth County,” sai... Read more