Chris Smith

We do believe that the people of Sudan deserve better.

What happens in Sudan has implications for other countries including and in particular South Sudan.

I want to thank Dr. Burgess, who has been a great friend on so many issues.

Mike Doyle, you can't find a better friend and champion for combatting autism and helping across the board.

Chairwoman Eshoo, thank you for not only your strong personal but your professional commitment to all of these important health issues including and especially the Autism CARES legislation, which is and continues to be historic.

The health of our children is a national priority.

Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the United States today, and members of the U.S. Armed Forces are not immune to its debilitating effects, as they train and complete exercises out in grassy and wooded areas…

Much of what we have argued about for a quarter of a century has now been scientifically validated by the Working Group, including the fact that massive numbers of people are getting seriously ill from ticks and that the Federal response…

Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the United States today. If not diagnosed and treated properly, Lyme can lead to disseminated infection that can affect every system in the body, including the central nervous…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 51, line 1, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 90, line 6…

I thank the gentleman very much for his amendment and for yielding. Mr. Chair, in 2009, Nurse Cathy DeCarlo was ordered at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, to assist in the abortion of a 22-week-old unborn child. Under threat of being…

The bill under consideration today reverses several--at least nine--life-affirming, pro-life policies, including conscience protection, Title X reform, the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, and more. This is a pro-abortion piece…

We do need to reach out to the people of Pakistan and I am by no means sure that the $70 million we are spending is sufficient.

Pakistan, I think, is very important to the security of the United States.

I have offered an amendment which is pending on the floor... to increase the budget of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.

I want to hear about what we are doing with regard to forced conversions, particularly in southern Pakistan.

I am by no means sure that the $70 million we are spending is sufficient.

I think Pakistan will have a much bigger impact on the United States and, of course, is a nuclear country.

These challenges, including the crisis in Venezuela, show corrupt leaders like Daniel Ortega that the United States will not stand by while legitimate regimes crush democracy.

We must do more to pressure the Ortega regime to adopt electoral and judicial reforms and to bring about free and fair elections.

It's been 30 years since the Chinese government brutally crushed the peaceful demonstrations occurring in Beijing Tiananmen Square. The beating, the bayonetting, the torture, and detentions of the 1989 demonstrators turned the dream of…

Thank you, Representative McGovern and Senator Rubio, for convening this joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Lantos Human Rights Commission.

We must stand with the oppressed Tibetan Buddhist monk, the silenced human rights lawyer, the imprisoned Christian pastor, the disappeared Uyghur Muslim, the disillusioned Hong Kong democracy activist, and countless others living under the…

It is time that the United States lead the free world's democracies in holding the Chinese government accountable for its ongoing blatant repression of the Chinese people.

What is too high? What is the arbitrary level that human rights abuses accountability should be set at?