“Our members are grateful for Chris Smith’s support and unyielding advocacy, which helps them fulfill their duty and keep New Jerseyans safe” said NJ FOP President Robert Fox. “While our officers are faced with an increasingly difficult job in recent years, Chris has always stood with law enforcement, and we look forward to continuing to work with him in the next Congress.”

In endorsing Smith, NJ PBA President Peter Andreyev said there was no disputing that Smith, “[has] been a champion and a defender of the law enforcement community in New Jersey. You have never wavered in our dedication to our members, in good times and in bad.” Andreyev further stated, “We are grateful not only for how you vote but for your integrity and your passion for public service. Our more than 30,000 members know that any time we have reached out for help you have always delivered.”

Chris continues to fight for small businesses in New Jersey’s Fourth District. NFIB New Jersey State Director, Eileen Kean, notes that “Rep. Chris Smith is a proven advocate of New Jersey’s small businesses. He understands the issues impacting small business owners and has consistently voted with their priorities in mind…”

“Congressman Smith demonstrates a commitment to national security and protecting our ocean environment, marine life, and coastal communities, from the harms of offshore wind industrialization,” said Mike Dean, Founding Member of Save the East Coast. “He is fully engaged and critical of the process government agencies are taking in fast tracking these offshore wind projects that will put the ocean environment and NJ residents at risk.”

“These candidates represent the best visions, and we are certain they will provide the utmost support for the men and women of the STFA in these difficult times,” the STFA said in a statement. “Most important, we believe these candidates will assist us providing a positive by-product on policy making and initiatives to ensure public trust in police while balancing the needs of our membership.”

“Thirty years ago, today—May 26, 1994—America lost China.

For that was the day when President Bill Clinton infamously delinked the requirement that China make serious and sustained progress in protecting the fundamental human rights of its citizens or lose the coveted Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status that facilitates hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese exports to the United States.”

Rep. Smith was on Fox’s The Story with Martha MacCallum discussing Murphy’s disastrous offshore wind bailout, which will negatively impact NJ rate-payers (i.e. taxpayers).