May 13, 2015
The problem with language such as 'highest labor standards ever' is that the point of comparison is so low.
Chris Smith
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Chris Smith is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 4th congressional district since 1981. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on a range of issues including human rights, foreign affairs, and health care. Smith has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving health services and advocating for the rights of individuals both domestically and internationally. His long-standing service in Congress has made him a prominent figure in New Jersey politics.
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May 13, 2015
Will you then support legislation, bipartisan legislation, I will be marking up today in my subcommittee called the Vietnam Human Rights Act?
May 13, 2015
I will fight legislatively. I will fight for education and awareness on this issue until the last breath in my body.
May 13, 2015
I have observed a marked difference in terms of the positive impact on women and young girls when there is a faith-based component.
May 13, 2015
Exactly because of Anita's testimony in our Congress that Mexico has already adopted a law against this type of advertising.
May 13, 2015
I want to take it to the next level, which is educational awareness in our schools.
May 13, 2015
I am just so thrilled that after 3 years, we are going to have a number of pieces of human trafficking legislation that have passed the Senate, are moving back to the House for final passage here and I do believe that the President will…
May 13, 2015
For the first time ever, the law recognized... the exploited women, children, and men, as victims, not as perpetrators of the crime.
May 13, 2015
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act has resulted in anti-human trafficking task forces in 42 cities across the U.S.
May 13, 2015
The truth of the matter is that combating modern day slavery is everybody's business.
May 13, 2015
The U.S. must be unrelenting in its demands for improvement for human rights in Vietnam.
May 13, 2015
Increased commercial ties and military cooperation, frankly, should be off the table unless basic human rights standards are met.
May 13, 2015
We should not be fooled or deceived into believing that the release of a few dissidents somehow represents real progress on human rights in Vietnam.
May 13, 2015
It is a bipartisan bill. It is the fourth time this legislation is making its way through the Congress.
May 13, 2015
The first measure, the Vietnam Human Rights Act, I introduced along with eight co-sponsors.
May 12, 2015
But now for 7 months nobody has been selected to take that position. That person should have the ear of the President.
May 12, 2015
Approximately 7 months ago legislation passed, totally bipartisan, to establish a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
May 12, 2015
We seem to gag on the word, and I have tried to get administration witnesses to say that what is happening to the Christians rises to the level of genocide.
May 12, 2015
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights pointed out that the ISIS violence against Christians and other religious minorities 'may constitute genocide.'
May 12, 2015
Perhaps a balance between the two is that the Kurdish Government has provided sanctuary but has not allowed these groups to form their own national guard battalions.
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