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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.
Mr. Speaker, first of all, I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Evans). Again, we have collaborated on a bill working with the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Simmons), and the ranking member, the gentleman…
This resolution conveys our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families and states that the United States stands in solidarity with the Turkish people in the fight against terrorism. These attacks, Madam Speaker, bear…
I yield myself 1 minute to thank my friends and colleagues for their very strong statements and their passion on this issue. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), who is the ranking Democrat on the Helsinki Commission, we work…
Mr. Speaker, torture remains a cruel weapon of choice for antidemocratic, dictatorial regimes around the globe. It is used to silence opposition leaders and to suffocate political dissent. Today, torture is commonplace and, sadly…
the Democratic motion to recommit is among the most cynical and political motions I have seen in my 23 years in Congress. And I believe, Mr. Speaker, it is a cheap shot, cynically designed and crafted to politicize disabled veterans and to…
Mr. Speaker, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Public Law 106-386 has made an enormous positive difference in our efforts to end modern-day slavery, a nefarious enterprise that, according to the United Nations, nets the…
I agree with the interpretation of the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos). It was also my understanding that an organization can satisfy the prohibition that the gentleman has referred to if it states in a grant application, a grant…
Terry Schiavo smiles, tries to talk to her family and friends, and moves her arms and legs on command. But at the direction of her husband, and against the will of the rest of the family, her feeding tube was removed last Wednesday. This…
Partial birth abortion is but the tip of an ugly and an unseemly iceberg. Just below the surface, the surface appeal of choice is a reality almost too horrific and cruel to contemplate, let alone face. Yet we persist in our illusions and…
My team lost to his last night. Yankee Stadium was filled to capacity, 56,292 people. The number of lives that have been lost since Roe v. Wade, 44.4 million, and picture this, it would be like filling Yankee Stadium every single day for…
This amendment that has been made in order is not the amendment to add back $1.8 billion, and I say that with great sadness on behalf of our veterans. What this amendment would do is lift a prohibition in the underlying bill that would…
Mr. Chairman, despite significant and sustained efforts by Secretary Principi and the VA to boost effectiveness and efficiencies in the VA health care delivery; despite enhanced DOD-VA sharing of resources, individual facilities…
The amendment would seek to add $1.8 billion to the medical care budget. I offered two amendments last night, Mr. Chairman, or asked that two be made in order at the Committee on Rules, and I submitted 50 copies of each to the Committee on…
I rise in favor of the Hefley Amendment to reduce IMET funding for Indonesia. Mr. Hefley has recounted the tragic story of brutal ambush last August, that resulted in the brutal murders of Edwin Burgon and Ricky Lynn Spier, two American…
Cuban political prisoners never have a nice day, so I rise today to remind my colleagues as we meet here in session, more than 400 of Cuba's best, brightest and bravest are suffering unspeakable cruelty at the hands of Fidel Castro and his…
I am pleased that Title XV of the State Department authorization bill incorporates key provisions of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2003, which I sponsored earlier this year. The State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights…
Madam Chairman, just 10 months ago a sweeping, comprehensive reiteration of China's Draconian population control program went into effect in all of China. Sadly, the new law is as harsh, brutal, and violent as ever. Lest anyone be deceived…
Mr. Speaker, later on today when this bill comes up for consideration, I, along with the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), will be offering an amendment to strike language that is in the…
I rise in support of the Ackerman-LaTourette Amendment which would end the sale of ``downed animal meat'' for human consumption. Simply put, this Amendment would take livestock that is too diseased, too weak, or too injured to even stand…
Mr. Speaker, I think as every Member of this body knows, the PRC and its leadership in Beijing would love to be regarded as a respected member of the international community. In pursuit of that goal, however, the PRC has sought and…
I like many others have followed the ongoing human rights abuses by the People's Republic of China, and many of us had hoped, and this hope is now at grave risk, that Hong Kong might avoid the same kind of repressive regime visited upon it…
On March 18 the Cuban Government began a massive crackdown on the best, the brightest, and the most courageous in Cuba. Some 75 journalists and human rights activists were arrested and subjected to kangaroo trials and now have gotten…
I want to commend him for this legislation. At a time when there is some partisanship when it comes to veterans issues... This is a very important piece of legislation. I am very proud to be supporting it.
last year I met a courageous woman named Tracy Marciniak who had been beaten by her husband when she was 9 months pregnant. She survived, but her baby Zachariah died from the beating. Her attacker was convicted of the assault on Tracy, and…
Mr. Speaker, since mid-March the Castro dictatorship has carried out a massive crackdown on human rights defenders, independent journalists, and trade unionists and other brave and noble pro-democracy activists throughout Cuba. Not…
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