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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.
I would just point out that articles that were issued under Li Peng, 144 and 145, the Chinese now prohibit, strictly prohibit, any foreign proselytizing. If a missionary goes to China, he or she cannot speak out and proselytize, whether it…
First of all, we are talking about people who have persecuted. We are talking about saying that there is some penalty affixed. First of all, if our people meet with the underground church over there, as I have discovered and others have…
H.R. 2195, which has now 27 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, represents a modest but important first step toward enforcing already existing U.S. law regarding slave-made products. First it authorizes $2 million in fiscal year 1999…
make no mistake about it, abortion is violence against children. The partial-birth method is an extraordinarily heinous manifestation of this violence. Today those who kill babies by jamming scissors in a baby's skull followed by insertion…
the complaints that we have been getting are very much like what the gentleman is talking about. If people called my office and the gentleman's office and other Members' offices seeking basic information about that case that we have under…
Under the Agency for International Development's policy, during the 1980's and early 1990's, before Mr. Clinton, there was a clear definition as to what abortion is, a method of family planning. It was abortions except in cases of rape…
The problem here is that performance, the Helms amendment of 1973 said very simply, direct funding. What was found to be very infirm about that language, and that is why the Mexico City policy was constructed in the early 1980's under the…
First of all, if it does cause inconvenience, that is unfortunate, but saving a child's life from the cruelty of abortion, dismemberment, chemical poisoning is worth inconvenience. I know these votes are inconvenient, but that is just a…
Let me just speak for a moment to my friends who may feel they can somehow rationalize voting ``yes'' on Gilman-Pelosi and ``yes'' on the underlying pro-life amendment. Please do not. It is not honest law making. If you are against pouring…
As the world's last remaining superpower, the United States plays a very important role in international affairs. Everything it does is scrutinized and interpreted, and in many cases, our country is looked up to as a role model. Therefore…
Mr. Speaker, whatever decision we make today, the American people will see it as a decision about the role of morality in U.S. foreign policy, and they will be right. Mr. Speaker, this is a vote about whether a government which practices…
today because virtually every military physician deployed around the globe, as a matter of deep conviction and conscience, has refused to facilitate a 1993 Clinton Executive Order on abortion, and because the Dornan amendment was signed…
Mr. Chairman, in evaluating all of the proposed legislation, any kind of diplomatic or administrative initiative vis-a-vis Cuba, it is important to keep these following principles in mind: First, such actions must be calculated to…
today two diametrically opposed resolutions will be on the floor, in the next order of business dealing with population control. The Campbell-Greenwood substitute, which is a substitute to a bill or amendment that I am offering along with…
Many of our colleagues were shocked and angered to learn that the big name pro-abortion population control organizations like Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Zero Population Growth and others had…
First of all, we are saying in my amendment, ``Divest yourself of abortion and you get family planning funds.'' The gentleman from Connecticut in 1984-85, when I first offered this amendment, said none of the nongovernmental organizations…
let me remind Members that we do not cut family planning by a dime in this amendment. We condition it. We put on human rights, pro-family, pro-baby conditions. Abortion takes the life of a baby. We do not think that we should be giving to…
Mr. Chairman, I do sympathize with the point raised by my good friend, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss]. But we looked very carefully at those points, the points that he has raised in debate today, in the committee; and the gentleman…
I have asked her and relayed a message that there is a growing concern in Congress, among the American people that, if they move in or evolve into some kind of abortion promotion, which some of their people would like to see, it is over…
I think this amendment should be noncontroversial. It would require the President to report to Congress about any border closures or the use of an economic or commercial blockade by or against any of the new independent states against any…
I just want to echo my statement earlier during general debate that I do think that Division A is a very responsible attempt to try to reform our State Department. As a matter of fact, I chair the subcommittee that oversees this. We have…
the bottom line is, it is a very modest commitment. When we juxtapose foreign aid to the rest of the budget, it is about 1 percent, it is not very much. We are talking about, and I believe we ought to be our brother's and sister's keeper…
Let me conclude, and again, there are consensus-breakers, and I think the diplomats and the leaders of the U.N. need to be on notice that, if they continue the social engineering, one, they will not get their arrearages; and, secondly, the…
this amendment--which I believe should have and will get the support of a very large, bipartisan number of Members of this House--would boost the amount of money for Radio Free Asia by $40 million to provide for 24-hour broadcasting. That…
Joe Duffy back in 1994 in a letter to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart] stated, and I quote, ``TV Marti broadcasting is consistently being received by a sufficient Cuban audience to warrant its continuation.'' Havana, without…
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