Chris Smith

I thank the gentlewoman for her remarks and wish her congratulations. I yield to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Rosendale).

I thank the gentleman so much for sharing that. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Fulcher), my good friend and colleague.

I thank the gentleman for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo), my friend and colleague and leader in the pro-life movement as well.

I will be brief, and I will speak at the end of the Special Order as well if there is time. Mr. Speaker, in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned women and babies to what is now the multibillion dollar abortion industry, and almost 63\1/2\…

I now yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Fitzgerald), a good friend and colleague.

I thank the gentleman for reminding us that the Chinese Communist Party and North Korea both have policies like ours, especially as it relates to up-to-birth abortions. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa)…

I thank Mrs. Fischbach for her powerful and eloquent witness for life, both in the legislature in Minnesota and now in the U.S. House. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot). I would note that he is the prime author…

I now yield to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt), a friend and colleague for several decades.

Today, after decades of noble struggle and sacrifice, pro-life Americans are hopeful that government- sanctioned violence against children and the exploitation of women by abortion may be nearing an end, although in a very real way the…

I thank the gentleman very much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

I thank the gentleman for his leadership. I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson), a distinguished attorney before coming to Congress and number four in the line of leadership in the Republican Party.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership, and I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their concerted efforts to get this legislation and like-minded legislation moving forward; and, of course, Jim…

Unfortunately, the PRC has used its power and stature to coerce as a means to achieve their ends.

We must hold China accountable for its actions.

No one betrays this motto more flagrantly and violently than the Chinese Communist Party.

I thank the gentlewoman for her extraordinary leadership. Madam Speaker, injustice need not be forever. By affirming the Mississippi pro-life law, the Supreme Court can take a powerful step toward inclusion, justice, and respect for the…

President Biden's massive new multitrillion dollar tax and spend bill, the so-called Build back Better Act will cost at least $4 trillion according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to the Chamber, the Build Back Better Act will…

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was completely unacceptable that the Build Back Better Act expands taxpayer funding of abortion in many new and expanding programs. The National Right to Life Committee has pointed out that…

As we all know, the Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting the East and West from roughly two centuries before Christ to the 18th century--a transformational route in the development of the civilizations not only of China, but…

If we fail to affirm our foundational American principles, including our commitment to freedom of expression and speech, I fear that the digital authoritarianism of China will become the new reality.

Instead of virtue signaling, they should take a stand against Chinese human rights abuses.

I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on the RENACER legislation, which is a tremendous boost, I think, to try to promote democracy and freedom there.

I first met Daniel Ortega in my second term in 1984, and he was then a serial abuser of human rights.

I wrote the 2003 act, the reauthorization.

The TVPA's decisive condemnation of modern slavery reflects our society's recognition that human trafficking is fundamentally incompatible with the values of any nation that aspires toward the ideals of freedom, human rights, and the rule…