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May 24, 2024 By Rep. Chris Smith 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…

Event highlights local and federal efforts to combat one of the largest and most profitable criminal enterprises in the world   TAP into Middletown By Jeanne Wall Published May 22, 2024 Last Updated May 25, 2024    “It will take each and every one of us to end the scourge of modern-day slavery,” Smith said….

TikTok’s effort to recruit American kids as ‘foreign agents’ for China against ban may backfire: ‘Disturbing’ Chris Smith said TikTok’s lobby campaign targeting minors was ‘greatly disturbing’ By Brianna Herlihy FIRST ON FOX — A lawmaker leading the Congressional-Executive Commission on China sent a scathing notice to social media company TikTok for allegedly “targeting” children who…

All 12 N.J. House members support anti-trafficking legislation By Joey Fox, February 14 2024 Last night, the House overwhelmingly passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, a bill authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) that reauthorizes anti-trafficking legislation he first shepherded through Congress in 2000. “This critical legislation reauthorizes funding for FY2024 through…

By Mark A. Kellner – The Washington Times – Thursday, February 1, 2024 Rep. Chris Smith’s journey as a campaigner for human rights and religious liberty began decades ago in a small New Jersey eatery over a meal with a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Smith‘s father ran a wholesale sporting goods business next to a Jewish delicatessen in the small town of Colonia,…

Brookdale Community College cuts ribbon for Center for Excellence for Cybersecurity Education             At a ceremony at Brookdale Community College, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Brookdale President Dr. David Stout, Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone, Cyber Center Director Professor Michael Qaissaunee and other local officials, faculty, and students to mark…