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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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Feb 4, 2020

Abby Johnson, some of you may have read her book, maybe not, maybe this panel has or has not, but she was a Planned Parenthood activist, ran a clinic, an abortion clinic in Texas for 8 years.

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Feb 4, 2020

I do believe we need to care for both. We need to love both, mother and baby, and do everything humanly possible to ensure that there is a safe delivery.

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Feb 4, 2020

I learned of the forced abortion policy in the PRC, in China, in 1983.

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Feb 4, 2020

I do believe modern-day slavery is one of the most heinous crimes.

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Feb 4, 2020

In 2018, I was the prime author of the re-authorization for 5 years of PEPFAR, joined by Barbara Lee and a group of bipartisan lawmakers so about $30 billion, roughly, will be authorized and hopefully appropriated to help those.

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman so much and thank him for reminding the Members, as well as those who might be watching on C-SPAN, of the selflessness of the pro-life movement. The people who will be marching are doing it for others, and…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Hice).

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Jan 15, 2020

Again I point out to my colleagues that there are so many medical doctors who are part of this pro-life effort. Hopefully, their views, like all of ours, but theirs especially, will be weighed and, hopefully, people will agree to the great…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his leadership on that bill and all of the other pro-life pieces of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. John W. Rose).

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Jan 15, 2020

Next week tens of thousands of women and men from around the country will March For Life, making clear to the country and to the world that women and unborn babies deserve the utmost respect, love, and protection from the violence of…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman for sharing that beautiful story of his grandchild. What a tenacious spirit, and our prayers are with him as he prospers and thrives. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), my good friend and…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman for his eloquent comments and reminding us of the great progress being made at the State level where so many laws and policies have been enacted, and we are trying to do that on the Federal level. Mr. Speaker, I yield…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman so much for his words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson).

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman very much for his comments tonight. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green).

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank Congresswoman Roby for her very powerful statement and her leadership here in the U.S. House. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Harris), my distinguished friend and colleague, the co-chairman of the…

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Jan 15, 2020

I appreciate my good friend and colleague for his very eloquent statement. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho).

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman very much for his very eloquent remarks and for his clarity as well. He has always been such a clear speaker, and I thank him so much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and I would like…

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Jan 15, 2020

I thank Dr. Harris so very much for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman), a distinguished Member. He is also the sponsor of the Ensuring Accurate and Complete Data Reporting Act.

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Jan 15, 2020

In a Florida abortion clinic, Sycloria Williams delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks. The clinic owner took the baby, who was gasping for air, cut her umbilical cord, threw her into a biohazard bag, and put the bag in the trash…

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Jan 13, 2020

Not to have acted would have been 'culpably negligent.'

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Jan 13, 2020

The December 27th attack on the Iraqi base near Kirkuk that killed a U.S. civilian contractor and wounded several U.S. and Iraqi forces was designed and intended to kill and Soleimani approved it. I know that 100 percent.

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Jan 9, 2020

According to ABC News, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said that the ``Dec. 27 attack on the Iraqi base near Kirkuk that killed a U.S. civilian contractor and wounded several U.S. and Iraqi forces . . . was designed and…

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Dec 18, 2019

The U.S. Constitution is clear and unambiguous--impeachment of any president is permitted only for treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. Undoing the will of the people expressed in a free and fair election with the proposed…

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Dec 17, 2019

Under Xi Jinping there has been an expansion of the effort to erase Tibetan culture and to bring about what they call the sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Dec 17, 2019

The fate of Tibet, its people and resources and religion are a strategic interest to the United States, but above all they are entitled--they are entitled--to freedom and they are entitled to democracy.

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