Political Quotes

Chris Smith

The Public Record

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.

Quotes by year · 19992025624 total · peak 2016 (63)
1999: 1 quote2010: 36 quotes2011: 39 quotes2012: 35 quotes2013: 55 quotes2014: 61 quotes2015: 62 quotes2016: 63 quotes2017: 37 quotes2018: 38 quotes2019: 39 quotes2020: 33 quotes2021: 41 quotes2022: 37 quotes2023: 16 quotes2024: 26 quotes2025: 5 quotes
May 15, 2023

With the recent largest-ever homicide spike in the history of our Nation, our first responders and law enforcement officers are facing unprecedented threats on the job at severe staff shortages as they are simultaneously met with radical…

govinfo.gov
Mar 30, 2023

Like canaries in coal mines, the recent spate of tragic whale and dolphin deaths and a well-founded suspicion that geophysical surveys, including the use of sonar may be a contributing cause, has brought new light and increased scrutiny to…

govinfo.gov
Mar 27, 2023

For the purpose of closing. I thank Ms. Wild for her strong support and for her wonderful and strong remarks today in favor of this bipartisan legislation. I do believe that we are really at a point now where if not us, who? We need to…

govinfo.gov
Mar 27, 2023

I urge unanimous support by this body for this important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) that the House…

govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2023

First of all, let me thank Chairwoman Virginia Foxx for the extraordinary job she is doing on this important parental rights legislation, H.R. 5. I thank my friend from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for this civil debate. It has been disciplined…

govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2023

After the terrible incident and the loss of this young woman, there were meetings with the school board, and the number of students who came forward who talked about the bullying and the videotaping of bullying that happens, and how…

govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2023

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 10, line 17, insert ``(including whether such agency is aware of videos or recordings of such violent…

govinfo.gov
Feb 9, 2023

I thank my good friend for offering this very important and very timely resolution. It asks many of the tough questions that have to be asked, and we need answers. Mr. Speaker, journalist Paul Bedard wrote an incisive article on February 3…

govinfo.gov
Jan 11, 2023

Two women spoke at a pregnancy care center dinner I attended in New Jersey. Both women were effusive in their thanks that the director had approached them in absolute kindness and empathy as they were literally walking from the parking lot…

govinfo.gov
Jan 11, 2023

I thank my good friend for yielding, and I thank Ann Wagner for authoring this important legislation. Madam Speaker, in a Florida abortion clinic, Sycloria Williams delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks. The clinic owner took the baby…

govinfo.gov
Jan 10, 2023

For over three decades post- Tiananmen Square massacre, Congress was deeply divided; not between Republican and Democrat, but among the majority here and in the Senate who favored unfettered engagement and trade without serious human…

govinfo.gov
Dec 13, 2022

I thank my good friend for yielding and for his leadership, and I thank my friend on the other side of the aisle for his support. Madam Speaker, in late March 2019, University of South Carolina senior Samantha Josephson--``Sami'' to…

govinfo.gov

Politicians like Chris Smith