Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, on May 25 issued the following statement on the new national strategy released by the Biden Administration aimed at addressing the surge in antisemitic hate across the United States:
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee, and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, on May 24 issued the following statement on recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and grave concerns about the pending national elections there:
At a congressional hearing on May 23, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) together with left-behind American parents whose children have been abducted overseas called on the Biden Administration to take stronger steps to help bring home hundreds of American children through more robust implementation of the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act.
On Newsmax, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) discusses his full-court press—including his recent letter—to secure an independent investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) into the impacts of New Jersey’s unprecedented offshore wind development on the environment, the fishing industry, military operations, navigational safety and more.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee, announced he will be chairing a congressional hearing on the Biden Administration’s push to enter an international pandemic treaty that could cede American sovereignty to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Within days of more than 1,500 rocket attacks against Israel by a Palestinian terror organization, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, discussed US support for Israel’s right to defend its sovereignty with Israeli Minister of Intelligence Gila Gamliel in a meeting on May 17.
Marking Vietnam Human Rights Day, a bipartisan group of House members led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) have introduced the Vietnam Human Rights Act (HR 3172) to hold Vietnamese officials accountable for gross human rights abuses and help prioritize the protection of freedoms and the development of the rule of law in the country.
Local law enforcement officers, grassroots non-profit humanitarian leaders and a trafficking survivor along with Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) took part in a panel on May 8 at the Monmouth County Human Trafficking Symposium.