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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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Apr 19, 2023

I would like to lead the delegation there. Our Chief of Staff on the China Commission, Piero Tozzi, and I would put together a group... to go there, spend at least a week.

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Apr 19, 2023

I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post a few years ago about the sinicization under Xi Jinping, and how if world leaders do not start speaking up about how they are just completely either coopting or destroying all faiths, all faiths…

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Apr 19, 2023

So my hope is that we can really take that next step and say this cruelty that is reminiscent of the what the Nazis did.

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Apr 18, 2023

We need an ad hoc tribunal and we need it now and I hope the Administration, ours, or any other country that is concerned, would table a resolution at the General Assembly to establish such a tribunal.

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Apr 18, 2023

I think especially based on your incredible work that you are doing, the world has to unite behind such a tribunal.

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Apr 18, 2023

Thank you for your absolute commitment to ensure full accountability for the aggressor, including for the crime of aggression.

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Apr 18, 2023

Thank you for convening this extraordinarily important hearing.

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Apr 18, 2023

For my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who continue to disregard the Tax Cut and Jobs Act and what it did for hardworking Americans, today under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act a family of 4 who make $64,000 or less will pay 0 in…

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Apr 17, 2023

We will never atone for the sins of slavery. But a step in the right direction is purging our supply chains of slave labor, particularly in critical mineral mining and electric vehicle manufacturing.

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Apr 17, 2023

It is the role of Congress to hold the Administration accountable, each Administration, to the American people.

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Apr 17, 2023

I think in order to be more specific and to be more beneficial we have to talk about what are our priorities and where are we going.

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Apr 17, 2023

I am concerned about the potential of a second Chinese base in Africa, especially on the Atlantic coast.

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Apr 17, 2023

As China seeks to define a future for Africa in its authoritarian image, the United States must stand for principles of freedom and the rule of law.

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Apr 17, 2023

The United States must stand with the people of Africa and for the principles of freedom and rule of law as China seeks to define a future for Africa in its authoritarian image.

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Apr 17, 2023

The ambitions of the CCP has for Africa are the ambitions they have had for the United States. It is crucial we nip them in the bud.

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Apr 17, 2023

I have had the privilege of going to Kenya just the other week and went to the front lines to see the starvation that is going on in the camps that are now bordering Kenya.

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Apr 17, 2023

The Kenyan shilling was 115 to the dollar 90 days ago. Now it is 145 to the dollar, which has put the debt burden on them.

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Apr 17, 2023

I think we should also let members know that the Chinese are coming in with some creative financing.

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Apr 17, 2023

Turning the tide of decades of failed foreign policies with each Administration in the 21st century is not going to be an easy task.

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Apr 17, 2023

Civilians must be protected. And I reiterate the call for humanitarian cease-fire.

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Apr 17, 2023

It seems like we need a room full of people to talk about the continent, besides the Chinese are very specific on roads initiatives, ports initiative, mining initiatives.

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Mar 30, 2023

Like canaries in coal mines, the recent spate of tragic whale and dolphin deaths and a well-founded suspicion that geophysical surveys, including the use of sonar may be a contributing cause, has brought new light and increased scrutiny to…

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Mar 27, 2023

We are greatly honored and privileged to hear testimony from a distinguished panel of experts who will not only further document massive human rights abuses committed by the Chinese Communist Party against the people of Tibet.

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Mar 27, 2023

Both suffer from Xi Jinping's genocide.

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Mar 27, 2023

All of us need to do a better job exposing and reversing, or at least mitigating, the ugly, hate-filled campaign by the Chinese Communist Party to erase an entire people, the people of Tibet.

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