Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) is expected to arrive in the Philippines Saturday leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to the region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The former U.S. territory, and one of the U.S.’s closet allies in the Far East, suffered a direct hit by one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in history on November 8. More than 4,000 people were killed and many more thousands were injured. Basic necessities, including food, clean water, housing and sanitation, ... Read more

After decades of elusive justice and failed U.S. government efforts to extradite the convicted murderers of a New Jersey State trooper and a World War II veteran, as well as other fugitives, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-08) today unveiled the “Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act” (H.R. 3585). “The bill is named after Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster because they were both brutally murdered by people who have been convicted, escaped priso... Read more

The national epidemic and potential world pandemic of Alzheimer’s Disease was the topic of a congressional hearing today before the House global health panel chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who also co-chairs the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease. Over five million Americans suffer from the debilitating disease. Some experts estimate that Alzheimer’s costs Americans over $180 billion annually, which could rise to over $1 trillion a year by 2050. Next month at... Read more

“The Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act” —legislation to support American jobs by growing U.S. exports to Africa—was passed Thurday by the full House Foreign Affairs Committee, which voted unanimously to pass the bill, written by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees African issues. H.R. 1777, “The Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013,” was passed as an amendment in the form of a subs... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) today led an effort in the House Foreign Affairs committee calling on the Government of Iran to release a U.S. citizen, Pastor Saeed Abedini, or face additional sanctions. By unanimously consent, the full committee accepted Smith’s amendment to broaden and revise pending legislation, H.Res. 147, introduced by Rep. Bill Cassidy back in April. The updated provisions, which Cassidy supports, reflect new and more serious dangers the unjustly imprisoned pastor faces an... Read more

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where the notorious criminal Joseph Kony roams and abducts and forces children to serve as his soldiers, and where foreign Islamic radical fighters of the group called Seleka are wreaking death and destruction, was the focus of a hearing held Tuesday by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees Africa. Smith said that even since the committee first decided months ago to hold a he... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chair of the House global human rights subcommittee and co-chair of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, was a guest on BBC to discussed China's brutal One Child Policy and the limited impact of the so-called revised one-child policy announced by China Nov. 15. “The announced minimal change in China’s one-child policy is grossly inadequate in light of the coercion they have employed for three decades against women and children,” Smith said. “Left... Read more

Reps. Smith & Waters Commemorate National Memory Screening Day Bipartisan House Alzheimer’s Caucus and the Alzheimer’s Foundation Call Attention to No-Cost Screenings on Nov. 19 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), House co-Chairs of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, today encouraged participation in the 11th annual National Memory Screening Day on Nov. 19. “Having worked with the dedicated men and women of the Alz... Read more

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic will be the subject of a hearing to be held Tuesday by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees Africa. The hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs’s Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing, entitled “Crisis in the Central African Republic” will feature th... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House human rights subcommittee and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China raised serious questions about the limited impact of the so-called revised one-child policy announced by China today. “Let’s be clear, nothing in today’s announcement changes the brutal, abusive elements of China’s population control program in which women’s cycles are monitored by the government. Women must still get a birth permit before they can have... Read more