Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today released the following statement marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today, we honor the more than 6 million Jews who tragically perished at the hands of Nazi persecution and those who have long mourned the loss of their loved ones. We also pay tribute to the countless survivors who suffered the unfathomable evil of the Holocaust with unparalleled courage and character. It is alarmi...
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Marking National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), an international leader in combating human trafficking, today issued the following statement, calling for a greater commitment from all levels of government to work with local communities—especially grassroots anti-trafficking organizations—to combat modern-day slavery: “On any given day, 27.6 million people across the world are enslaved in forced labor or sex trafficking. Tragically, the number of victims is increasin...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today released the following statement on the appointment of Julie Turner as Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues: “The State Department’s appointment of a Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues—something I have repeatedly called for—is a tremendous step forward in the United States’ efforts to hold Kim Jong-un’s brutal communist ...
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Rep. Smith (R-Manchester) reviews an emergency survey of the Manasquan Inlet with Army Corps Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Brigantti and Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra in August 2022. While the sonar survey showed the channel remained safe for boat traffic at the time, Smith requested the Corps come back every few weeks to repeat the survey out of an abundance of caution. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced that in response to his ongoing advocacy and requests, the US ...
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By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (Excerpts) From affordable housing to new parks, the $1.7 trillion spending bill funding the federal government through Sept. 30 includes hundreds of local projects for New Jersey municipalities, requested by the state’s members of Congress. They were known as earmarks until Congress initially banned them in 2011 because of some questionable expenditures. But they were brought back last year as “community project funding” in the House and “con...
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The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, for the 2023 National March for Life Rally in Washington, DC: “Thank you, Jeanne! What a glorious day! It is so inspiring to see all of you gathered here today in support of in the most critical human rights issue of our day—protection of the unborn child from the violence of abortion and assistance for his or her mother. I attended the first March for Life in 1974 as the leader o...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) chairs a hearing in October 2021. Smith, who has chaired 76 congressional hearings on human rights abuses in China, has been selected by Speaker McCarthy to chair the bicameral, bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China for the 118th Congress. Tapped by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to chair the influential Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today vowed the bicameral panel, under his leadership, will “aggressive...
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The following are remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, during today’s debate on the House Floor on H.Con.Res. 3—legislation condemning the recent attacks on pro-life organizations and churches: “Two women spoke at a pregnancy care center dinner I attended in New Jersey. Both women were effusive in their thanks that the director had approached them in absolute kindness and empathy as they were literally walking from the parking lot to an abortion cli...
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The following are remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, during today’s debate on the House Floor on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (HR 26): “In a Florida abortion clinic, Sycloria Williams delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks. The clinic owner took the baby who was gasping for air, cut her umbilical cord, threw her into a biohazard bag and put the bag in the trash. Heartbroken, Ms. Williams later had a funeral for her baby girl wh...
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