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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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Mar 14, 2018

I thank Dr. Harris for his leadership for many, many years. He is an extraordinary physician-- Johns Hopkins and so many other places where he has been an anesthesiologist, and we are so grateful for the expertise and precision that he…

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Feb 27, 2018

The internet was never meant to be a zone of impunity for traffickers and their accomplices, including classified ad websites, that turn a blind eye to or actively facilitate to profit from the sex trafficking of children. Yet we are…

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Feb 13, 2018

I want to thank my good friend for yielding, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act, introduced, sponsored, and authored by my good friend and colleague Joe Wilson; and we are all very grateful he…

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Feb 6, 2018

First of all, let me begin by thanking Chairman Harper for this outstanding bipartisan legislation, and Mr. Brady as well. This is what this place can produce when we do come together. Obviously, it provides congressional employees with…

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Jan 19, 2018

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, in 2018, doctors routinely diagnose and treat illnesses and disabilities suffered by the littlest patients: unborn babies as well as newborns. They enhance both the child's health and…

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Jan 18, 2018

Marsha Blackburn's bill, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requires, under penalty of law, that appropriate healthcare to be given to any child who survives an attempted abortion, not looking the other way, as has been done…

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Jan 18, 2018

I thank my good friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, doctors, today, routinely diagnose and treat a myriad of illnesses and diseases suffered by societies' littlest patients--unborn babies and newborns--significantly enhancing both the…

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Jan 17, 2018

I just remind everyone this is a total team effort. One of the beauties of the pro-life movement--and I have been in it for 45 years--is that it is filled with incredibly compassionate, selfless people who would do anything to help the…

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Jan 17, 2018

I thank the gentlewoman for her very strong and powerful statement. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to Robert Pittenger from North Carolina, who is the author of the No Abortion Bonds Act, a bill that would close loopholes in the Tax Code that…

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Jan 17, 2018

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), from the Third District, a member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

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Jan 17, 2018

I thank Dr. Harris for his very eloquent remarks and for reminding us that this is the greatest human rights struggle on Earth. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), the chairwoman of the Education and the…

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Jan 17, 2018

I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Banks), who is a member of the Navy Reserve and who serves on the House Armed Services Committee; the Veterans' Affairs Committee; and the Space, Science, and Technology Committee…

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