As Yahoo! executives came before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to clarify testimony about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) called on the executives to settle court cases with families of pro-democracy activists who have been jailed by the Chinese Government after Yahoo! turned over information on them. Read more

Mr. Chairman, someday future generations of Americans will look back on us and wonder how and why such a rich and seemingly enlightened society, so blessed and endowed with the capacity to protect and enhance vulnerable human life, could have instead so aggressively promoted death to children by abortion both here and overseas. Read more

The Trent Center Apartments, which provides vital housing for seniors in the City of Trenton, received a $2,271,953 grant award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to convert additional units into apartments for the frail and elderly, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced today. Read more

Pointing to video of a ten-week baby kicking in the womb, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)—Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus—today called on members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to "recognize that protecting life is at the core of the debate over the Mexico City Policy." “Human life begins at the moment of conception. Every second thereafter is simply a stage of development. By day 22 after fertilization the heart is beating and brain waves can be detected at 44 days. By week five tiny... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today called House approval of a four-year reauthorization of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route “a key federal investment in helping preserve New Jersey’s rich history.” “The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route provides an important link to natural and cultural sites all across the pristine coastal area of New Jersey. Continued federal support will ensure tourists and residents alike have the ability to best explore the many recreational, scenic and edu... Read more

As the House Foreign Affairs Committee seeks answers from Yahoo about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist, Congress took a major step forward today in preventing U.S. technology companies from aiding regimes who restrict access to the Internet when the Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that would criminalize such activities. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the nation’s first anti-trafficking law and its two subsequent reauthorizations, today called the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of the 2007 reauthorization of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386) “another step forward in our commitment to end this appalling form of modern-day slavery.” Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Africa, Global Health and International Operations Subcommittee, today delivered the following remarks at a "Newsmakers" event at that National Press Club: Human rights in Ethiopia is not a burning question in Washington today. It ought to be. We don’t read, or hear, or talk much about it. That has to change, and I believe most of us here today know that. That’s why we’re here. I got involved in Ethiopian human rights iss... Read more

The investigative arm of Congress, the General Accountability Office (GAO), today released a report admonishing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their failures to use health-based standards to test sites that had previously been a processing or receiving facility for contaminated vermiculite ore and to adequately notify the public of the health risks from this particularly hazardous form of naturally occurring asbestos. Read more

In September 2000, I had the privilege to chair a hearing on the Armenian Genocide Resolution. It was a four-hour hearing, the first hearing this House ever held on the Armenian Genocide. The testimony I heard that day, and accounts of the atrocities I have read in the articles and books over the years, shocked me deeply. The existence of a campaign of genocide denial also shocked me deeply. Read more