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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 7, 2016

Thank you so very much, Pete, for those very moving remarks. I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming), who is the prime sponsor of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act, along with Diane Black and Jeff Fortenberry.

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank Mr. Kelly for his very strong statement. More people now recognize, especially through ultrasound, that birth is an event, not the beginning of life. Increasingly, because the methods of abortion are so horrific--literal…

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a very strong and outspoken supporter of the right to life.

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank Mr. Walberg for his very excellent remarks, but also for that very personal story. That is very, very touching. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Latta).

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank Mr. Lipinski for those very fine comments. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

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Jan 7, 2016

Martin Luther King's niece Alveda King has had two abortions. She made one of the most passionate comments and speeches I have ever heard when she said: How can my uncle's dream survive if we murder the children? She is now pro-life. She…

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank Mr. Rothfus very much for his leadership and for his very eloquent remarks. William Wilberforce reminds us all that, through prayer, fasting, tenacity, and the pursuit of justice, he really was able to stop the slave trade…

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank Chairman Shuster for those excellent comments. I now yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice).

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Jan 7, 2016

I thank the gentleman for his leadership and for his bill. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski), the co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. I thank him for his leadership and for standing up so courageously for…

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Jan 7, 2016

Since 1973, at least 58 million unborn children have been killed by abortion, a staggering loss of children's precious lives, a death toll that equates with the entire population of England. Despite this staggering loss of children's lives…

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Jan 6, 2016

I thank the chairman for his great work on this bill. Subsidized by over $500 million taxpayer dollars each year, Planned Parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons a baby to death every 2 minutes, killing over 7 million innocent children…

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Dec 16, 2015

I thank the gentleman. First of all, let me thank our distinguished chairman for offering yet another important bill in the fight against terrorism, especially as it relates to Hezbollah. The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention…

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