By ELIZABETH A MEYERS Published October 2, 2022 at 6:30 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) praised the passage of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (HR 8987) by the House of Representatives that would provide financial relief to family members of victims killed in the September 11. Smith called the legislation "long-overdue" step that would bring these families closers to justice. “For two decades, I have worked with the ‘Jersey Girls’—four widows who tragically lo... Read more

By Peter Kasperowicz | Fox News 'The Big Sunday Show' panelists discuss the importance of remembering and learning from the 9/11 attacks in school. The House passed legislation on Friday to provide $2.7 billion in compensation to the families of 9/11 victims, money that had been promised years ago but had been held up after several years of delay in Congress. The bill is the result of a lengthy process that required the federal government to estimate how much money the U.S. Victims of State Spo... Read more

By David Lerman of Roll Call The House passed legislation Friday that would give as much as $3 billion in payments to thousands of spouses and children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks who were left out of previous compensation rounds. The bill passed overwhelmingly, 400-31, in the last vote before lawmakers headed for the exits to go home and campaign before the midterm elections. It now has to win Senate approval, though that chamber has no more votes until Nov. 14. All but one Dem... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the House Floor on the Biden Administration’s new Veterans Affairs (VA) abortion policy: “As former chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, I have always deeply respected and strongly supported the unique mission of VA healthcare. Comprised of 171 medical centers and 1,113 outpatients’ clinics, the VA operates the largest integrated health care network in the world. VA medical personnel—371,000 professionals and su... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith speaks on the House Floor in support of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (HR 8987). The legislation is based on a bill—HR 8667—introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (left) and cosponsored by Smith and Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) to provide lump sum catch-up payments to immediate family members of 9/11 victims who have been unjustly barred from restitution. Long-overdue legislation passed by the House of Representatives today brings the immediate family members of victims killed... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today met with Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau (center) and Ambassador of Poland Marek Magierowski (left) to discuss their country’s extraordinary efforts to assist refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as the ongoing need for deterrence and stability in the region. Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) during debate in the House of Representatives on the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022 (HR 8446): “I rise to speak in strong support of the bicameral, bipartisan Global Food Security Act (GFSA) of 2022. Today’s vote on Global Food Security will show that we can come together to advance the Good, notwithstanding our differences. For the GFSA is a model of cooperation, from the collaboration between Congresswo... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Uyghur Caucus, together with fellow Co-Chair Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) this week introduced new legislation (H.Res. 1393) calling on the United Nations to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) horrific human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The legislation comes on the heels of a recent report published by the UN Office of the High Co... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today joined his House Republican colleagues in introducing a new “Commitment to America” focused on the four pillars of building a strong economy, creating a safer nation, ensuring a future built on freedom, and holding the US government accountable. “We are united in this bold commitment to the American people and will continue to work tirelessly to combat the disastrous policies pushed by President Biden that have caused decades-high inflation and have tragica... Read more

Outside the White House on Wednesday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) met with Uyghur activists—including four Chinese concentration camp survivors—on the third day of their hunger strike calling for the Biden Administration to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for its ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people. Smith, who has chaired more than 75 congressional hearings on the Chinese government’s horrific human rights abuses, spoke with those participating in the hunger strike just hours af... Read more