Rep. Smith delivers remarks for the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking’s 2026 Law Enforcement Conference

The 2026 FIFA World Cup games are underway in NJ’s MetLife Stadium with first game on June 13 and the final match on July 19.

Rep Smith–as author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and four additional anti-human trafficking laws–renews his concern that the event brings increased vulnerability for human trafficking as traffickers “exploit crowded venues, transient populations, and online platforms to sell both sex and forced labor.”

Watch his remarks at the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking’s 2026 Law Enforcement Conference where he shares the “3 Ps” of the human trafficking response: prevention, protection, and prosecution.

Rep Smith receives support from President Trump for primary election on June 2

Rep Smith receives enthusiastic support for the June 2nd Republican primary

Chris Smith received unanimous endorsements from Ocean County GOP and Monmouth County GOP for reelection in 2026

SMITH GIVES TRAFFICKING UPDATE

Rep Smith gave a federal update during Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden’s Human Trafficking Symposium and extended his special thanks to county and state law enforcement for their total commitment to protecting and rescuing vulnerable women and children from the cruelty of human trafficking

SMITH WELCOMES AUTISM SPEAKS TO DC

Rep. Chris Smith welcomed Autism Speaks advocates and Autism Speaks’ National President and CEO, NJ-04 resident Keith Wargo to Washington, D.C. for Advocacy Day. Over 100 advocates—children and adults with autism, as well as family caregivers—made compelling presentations in offices across Capitol Hill in support of the extraordinary effective programs authorized by Rep. Chris Smith’s Autism CARES bill signed into law last year.
Rep. Smith’s Autism CARES law expands programs for autism research, education, early detection and intervention and will help foster new services for adults with autism and those in need of special safety support

SMITH SECURES GRANT FOR NEW POLICE VEHICLES IN MANCHESTER

 Manchester Township has purchased 10 new police vehicles with a $1,148,000 federal Byrne Discretionary Grant secured in 2024 by Rep. Chris Smith

When Clinton Lost China

“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 speaks with Martha MacCallum on Gov. Murphy’s Disastrous Offshore Wind Bailout

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).

Chris Smith ranks #1 among all 435 Members of Congress in successfully turning bills into laws

 

 

 
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Rep. Smith’s legislation to recognize open water lifeguards as first responders

Rep. Smith’s House Resolution 1188 would federally recognize open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers who protect countless lives from death or serious injury often at personal risk, currently New Jersey and Hawaii are the only states that do. The resolution, when passed, would help ensure that those who protect open water beachgoers…

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The House of Representatives has passed the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025 (HR 5160), sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, to reauthorize and expand funding for umbilical cord blood stem cell research. “Not only has God, in His infinite wisdom and goodness, created a placenta and an umbilical cord to nurture and protect…

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Rep. Chris Rep. Smith Tick Act reauthorization (HR 4348) passes the House of Representatives

The House unanimously passed HR 4348, Rep. Chris Smith’s bill to combat Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “Lyme disease remains one of the Nation’s fastest-growing vector-borne health threats. More than 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year…”

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