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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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Nov 29, 2022

I thank my good friend for yielding me time. I am especially grateful that she has introduced the Uyghur Policy Act, which is particularly timely given the mass spontaneous protests we see arising in China. It is particularly pertinent…

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Sep 30, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan) for his leadership and for his kind words. I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for sponsoring this extraordinarily important piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, everyone remembers…

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Sep 28, 2022

I thank my good friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, as the former chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the prime author of 14 major laws to assist veterans, including the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act…

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Sep 28, 2022

I thank Vicky Hartzler for authoring this very important and extraordinarily timely resolution. Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party is waging war against all faiths: Christians, Falun Gong, Tibetan Buddhists, Muslims, Uyghurs. He…

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Jul 26, 2022

I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend from Texas for his very fine statement, and I look forward to a recorded vote. I also want to say very clearly that we have a very, very broad bipartisan group of stakeholders…

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Jul 21, 2022

Several pro-abortion policies are embedded in this bill, including section 4(b)(1), which states that ``any healthcare providers who provide contraceptives may not be singled out through any limitation or requirement.'' What does that…

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Jul 15, 2022

I thank my good friend, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the ranking member, for her eloquent defense of the unborn child and their mothers because there are two co-victims in every abortion: mother and baby. I thank her for her leadership. It is…

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Jul 14, 2022

The Smith-Norcross amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 NDAA directs the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure high-quality workmanship on federal construction projects by providing each of their districts with clarifying, uniform guidance and to…

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Jul 13, 2022

I respectfully ask the House today to adopt my amendment--the Kyle Mullen Naval Safety Enhancements--that directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct an appraisal of and provide recommended policies for improved medical care and oversight…

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Apr 27, 2022

I, for many, many decades, have had a strong and very deep commitment to the people of the Republic of Georgia. As a matter of fact, after Russia invaded South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008, I traveled to Tbilisi, and spent a week there…

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Apr 27, 2022

I support S. 812, which came to us from the Senate, and which calls for the Administration to develop a strategy for Taiwan to regain observer status at the World Health Organization. As we know, Taiwan stands as a beacon of democracy in…

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Apr 27, 2022

I wish to speak in support of Chairman Meeks' Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act, of which I am an original cosponsor. While so much of the world's attention is rightfully focused on Russia's atrocities in Ukraine, Vladimir…

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