Chris Smith

I wrote that law. It is called the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

There is still time, and we in Congress have a role to play in sounding the alarm and prodding the administration to take action followed by oversight.

A failure to do so signaled a 'disengagement when lives are at stake.'

There is a window of opportunity for action, where immediate and sustained action can prevent the situation from escalating out of control.

Today, however, this peace is under the threat of unraveling.

The hearing will come to order. And we will be joined shortly by our distinguished ranking member.

We strongly believe that the Chinese Government can do more, needs to make a political decision to do more.

This bill would require public companies with annual worldwide receipts above $100 million to include in their annual reports a disclosure describing measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor.

Earlier today I was pleased to support the Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act (H.R. 208). This legislation will provide assistance to both homeowners and businesses that were utterly failed by the Small…

We are deeply alarmed by the recent round-up of scores of human rights lawyers and activists in China...

In a statement of what I consider to be bad faith, President Obama vowed to veto, to block any congressional move to block this agreement.

You know, not only has the Iranian Government just orchestrated death to America demonstrations just a few days ago but they continue to hold Americans--Pastor Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, and Robert Levinson.

President Obama's rush to sign what appears to be an egregiously flawed nuclear deal with Iran may make war more, not less likely.

I think it is important in this context to raise with this opportunity.

I believe in womb-to-tomb protection.

I am a big fan of vaccinations. Every dollar spent there is transformational as well.

We are looking to mark up our reauthorization very shortly.

Because it is so deeply repressed. I mean, we have held hearings and heard from victims who got not total relief but a great deal of relief from the burdens.

You know, some of the estimates put it at as many as 500,000 of our asylees in the United States were torture victims.

I deeply appreciate you bringing that to my attention and to our attention as a subcommittee.

In sub-Saharan Africa, there are more than 15 million displaced people.

Last year, nearly 60 million people were displaced worldwide.

Thank you so very much, Chairman Chabot. And likewise, a good and extraordinarily effective friend.

The deadline is bearing down on us for the President's nuclear agreement with Iran. So, at this moment, Congress must send the administration a strong message: In order to be acceptable, any agreement must bar every Iranian path to nuclear…

The way Chen was treated was what really concerned me.