Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), issued the below statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I, which dismissed a lawsuit filed by Falun Gong practitioners that accused Cisco Systems, Inc. of developing and selling technology for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to use to surveil and persecute the Falun Gong movement: “All victims of human rights abuses enabled or assisted by U.S. comp... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), highlighted recent reports that Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu—an imprisoned Azerbaijani economist and anti-corruption advocate, whom Smith sponsors through the Defending Freedoms Project—has been unable to obtain urgently needed medical testing and treatment for a potentially life-threatening condition. Dr. Ibadoghlu reportedly requires a contrast-enhanced CT scan to assess a potentially dangerous enlargement of his ... Read more

By Eva Fu Published June 24, 2026 The Supreme Court on June 23 ruled in favor of tech giant Cisco, shutting down a human rights lawsuit accusing the firm of facilitating abuses in China. The suit, brought by Falun Gong practitioners in 2011, alleged that Cisco knowingly created and customized technology for the Chinese regime to surveil and persecute Falun Gong. In a 6–3 ruling, the court reversed a lower court decision that had sided with the Falun Gong practitioners, an outcome that could shie... Read more

By David K. Trimble Published June 17, 2026 Christian ministries serving in India have endured discrimination and other forms of maltreatment for a long time. They may soon face even greater repression, particularly those supported by the faithfulness of donors outside of India. It is long overdue for members of India’s parliament to take legislative action that protects, rather than restricts, the freedom of Christians living, serving, and teaching in their midst. According to reporting in Chri... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith & Miriam Lexmann MEP Published June 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM Beijing calls its new law “ethnic unity.” The phrase is meant to reassure the world. It should alarm it. Every country needs social peace. Every nation needs a shared civic identity. But the Chinese Communist Party is not asking Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hui Muslims, Manchus, Cantonese speakers and others to participate equally in a common future. It is demanding that their languages, faiths, memories and children be r... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) led 16 members of Congress in sending a comment letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging the addition of mifepristone, a chemical abortion drug, to the agency’s sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6), which identifies potential or known contaminants in public water systems that are not currently subject to regulations under U.S. law. In the bicameral letter, the Republica... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the author of five major anti-human trafficking laws, praised Trump Administration officials—including Acting U.S. Attorney General (AG) Todd Blanche and U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Markwayne Mullin—who announced today that the Administration has indicted three fraudulent “sponsors” and located over 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children, the vast majority of whom were trafficked through the southern border due to the Biden-Harris Adminis... Read more

By Kerry Picket Published Thursday, June 11, 2026 A group of Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate are asking Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to add a chemical abortion drug to the list of contaminants in public water systems. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, and Rep. Josh Brecheen and Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma led 16 GOP lawmakers in sending a letter to Mr. Zeldin urging the addition of mifepristone to the agency’s sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6),... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Reauthorization Act of 2026 (HR 1744), legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to extend and authorize annual appropriations for USCIRF through fiscal year 2028. During the floor debate on HR 1744, Smith reiterated the necessity of continued federal funding for the Commission: “USCIRF’s high-quality reporting and high-profile commissioners influence the State ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement after voting to send the Secure America Act (S. 2) to President Trump’s desk, which will provide funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) through Fiscal Year 2029: “Since the beginning of this Congress, my fellow House Republicans and I have been working tirelessly to remedy the unprecedented crisis at our Southern border. “The Biden-Harris Administration’s weak, feckless border enforcem... Read more