Christopher Smith
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Christopher H. Smith is a Republican Representative from New Jersey, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. Born 1953. Official website: https://chrissmith.house.gov/
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- PartialChristopher Smith holds the office of U.S. Representative for New Jersey-4profile identity· unitedstates/congress-legislators
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Protecting Domestic Mining Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
- VerifiedVoted Nay on To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
- VerifiedVoted Yea on In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Local Access to Courts Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Stop Insider Trading Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
- VerifiedVoted Nay on Main Street Act
- VerifiedVoted Yea on Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
- VerifiedPublic statement: Freedom of Expression
- VerifiedPublic statement: CECC Releases Report on the PRC’s Long Arm of Repression Abroad
- VerifiedPublic statement: Chairs' Statement on the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre
- VerifiedPublic statement: Chairs Ask President to Raise Political Prisoner Cases in China
- VerifiedPublic statement: Freedom of Expression
- VerifiedSponsored: Condemning the People's Republic of China's Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress and the Chinese Communist Party's campaign of forced assimilation against ethnic and religious minorities.
- VerifiedSponsored: Preventing Stomach Cancer in Our Nation’s Heroes Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
- VerifiedSponsored: Walter Patterson Justice and Extradition Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Tibet Atrocities Determination Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Supporting the designation of the month of May as "Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month".
- VerifiedSponsored: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- VerifiedSponsored: Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
- VerifiedSponsored: Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act
- VerifiedSponsored: Heidi’s Law
Voting Record Feed
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
Protecting Domestic Mining Act
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards
Local Access to Courts Act
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Stop Insider Trading Act
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
Stop Insider Trading Act
Stop Insider Trading Act
Stop Insider Trading Act
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
Main Street Act
Bills & Legislative Work
2026-06-30: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-06-29: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2026-06-24: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2026-06-08: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2026-06-02: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2026-05-13: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-05-13: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-04-20: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2026-04-16: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2026-03-17: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Statements & Newsroom
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ss 82nd Congress 77th Congress 76th Congress 72nd Congress 66th Congress June 4, 2026 Chairs' Statement on the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre June 3, 2026 Human Rights Violations in the U.S. and Globally Chairs Ask President to Raise Political Prisoner Cases in China May 11, 2026 Human Rights Violations in the U.S. and Globally , <a href="/iss
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