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

It is deeply disappointing that through a closed-door, invitation-only, staged meeting, Governor Murphy is attempting to orchestrate a hit job on President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and against me and my Republican colleagues because we voted for a bill to put America on the right course by providing massive tax relief for the middle class, growing our economy, securing our borders, offering new school choice tax benefits for parents, and protecting Medicaid, Social Security and Medica... Read more

By MICHELLE LONDON Lawmakers in our nation's capital are rallying to fight antisemitism. One member of Congress told CBN News about his effort to hold members accountable to do more. "It's a very, very serious problem," Rep. Chris Smith said. The New Jersey Republican is referring to the overwhelming majority of hate crimes committed against Jews each year, even though statistics show this community only represents 2-percent of the entire population. Since October 7, 2023, the day Hamas launched... Read more