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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 17, 2018

I thank Chairwoman Foxx again for her very moving words, which are backed up by her actions each and every day. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), who serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the…

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Jan 17, 2018

I thank the gentleman for his very eloquent remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Olson), who serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee. He has long pushed for transparency and led a landmark effort on Federal…

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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

It is my privilege and honor, as we approach the March for Life on Friday, to remember the infamous Supreme Court decision that has resulted in the loss of some 60 million unborn babies and tens of millions of women who have been harmed…

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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

We do have several physicians who serve in this Congress who are very, very pro-life and very eloquent in their defense of life. I yield to Congressman Andy Harris, who is associated, obviously, with Johns Hopkins, the gentleman from…

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Jan 17, 2018

I thank Mr. Olson for those very strong comments. I feel the same way about his great leadership for all these years. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs), a member of the Judiciary Committee and the Science…

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Dec 21, 2017

I thank my good friend for yielding time to me and for his tremendous bill. It is a great bipartisan piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, after Superstorm Sandy, I and others saw how leaders and volunteers of churches, synagogues, and other…

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Dec 12, 2017

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Montana, for yielding and for the support that he and the ranking member provided for this important legislation. It is an honor to bring H.R. 3655 to the House today to designate the facility of the…

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Dec 5, 2017

I want to thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel for, again, working so well together to bring this legislation to the floor; and Lee Zeldin, one of the principal cosponsors of the bill; and Doug Lamborn, of course, the prime…

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Dec 5, 2017

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in very strong support of H. Con. Res. 90. The discrimination and violence imposed on the Rohingya ethnic minority in Burma is brutal, horrific, and preventable. I do welcome, like…

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Dec 5, 2017

We have before us two pieces of legislation regarding the ongoing humanitarian and political crisis that is occurring in the country of Venezuela, which has been reduced to poverty and near starvation due to the repressive regime of…

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