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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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Jan 26, 2014

It is great to see so many friends and familiar faces who are champions in the fight in combatting human trafficking.

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Jan 15, 2014

I thank my friend. I would like to now yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger).

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much, Mr. Lamborn. I'd like to now yield to my friend from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer).

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much. I would like to now yield to my good friend and colleague from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn).

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you, Dr. Roe, for your very kind remarks, but more importantly, for your witness for life, particularly as an OB/GYN and for delivering those 5,000 babies. I would like to now yield to another doctor, Dr. Andy Harris, the gentleman…

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Jan 15, 2014

Mr. Huelskamp, thank you very much. And thank you for your work on the Pro-life Caucus. You have really stepped up, and it is deeply appreciated by all of us. Thank you so very much. I would like to now yield to, we have a number of…

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much, I say to my friend from Illinois. I would like to now yield to Mr. Huelskamp.

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you, Mr. Walberg. I would now like to yield to Randy Hultgren, the gentleman from Illinois.

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much, Ambassador, for your very eloquent comments. I would like to yield to my good friend and colleague from Michigan, Tim Walberg.

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much. That story about Sloan was great. I would like to yield to the distinguished gentlelady from Missouri, a former U.S. Ambassador, Ann Wagner.

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Jan 15, 2014

Thank you very much, Michele, for those very sensitive remarks. I really appreciate your leadership. I now yield to my friend and colleague from Minnesota (Mr. Huizenga).

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Jan 15, 2014

I thank my friend for his very, very eloquent remarks. I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann.

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Jan 15, 2014

I thank my good friend and colleague for his leadership, for standing so strong, and for reminding everyone about the importance of the crisis pregnancy centers, which are a lifeline to so many women who might otherwise abort and make that…

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Jan 15, 2014

Mr. Latta, thank you very much for your leadership and for your compassion for the weakest and most vulnerable. I now yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Dan Lipinski, the cochair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.

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Jan 15, 2014

Mrs. Roby, thank you very much for, again, underscoring the viable option that is available and that is far too seldom selected, and that is the loving option of adoption. I now yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Latta).

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Jan 15, 2014

I want to thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for her very eloquent remarks and for her leadership on behalf of the unborn and their mothers. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).

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Jan 14, 2014

We all go back to our respective congresses and parliaments to fight for additional funding.

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Jan 14, 2014

I would like to reach out to my fellow parliamentarians.

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Jan 14, 2014

We are at a tipping point and we could lose the momentum from the G8 summit if implementation is lackluster and not optimum.

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Jan 14, 2014

One of the bullets in your testimony is to increase the number of people involved in clinical trials and studies on dementia.

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Jan 14, 2014

We were all thrilled that the G8 is doing this and that the UK initiated it, but I am wondering if there are any thoughts to expand it to the G20...

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Jan 14, 2014

I would like to yield to the co-chair of the Alzheimer's caucus, my good friend and colleague, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, from California.

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Jan 14, 2014

Ed Markey did, but he asked me to join him.

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Jan 14, 2014

But where is it being blocked? We all remember during the South Sudan when UNICEF testified right here as well as our own administration how difficult it was to get in.

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Jan 14, 2014

Again, I would respectfully submit that putting them in a more pivotal situation might make or diffuse at least some of the hostility as it grows in intensity.

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