Congressman Chris Smith Archives

Congressman says abortion survivor bill is ‘pro-child, human rights’ measure

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 13, 2019

At a Sept. 10 hearing on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, said the U.S. House “needs to vote now and approve this humane, pro-child, human rights legislation.”

Commission hearing examines Christian persecution around the world

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 29, 2019

Speakers at a June 27 hearing on persecution against Christians by governments worldwide lamented the lack of action by many nations, but noted the improvements made by a couple of them.

HHS bans NIH from using fetal tissue from elective abortions in research

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 7, 2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services banned the National Institutes of Health from using human fetal stem cells from electively aborted babies for government funded research June 5.

Trump signs law to pump $430 million into anti-human trafficking efforts

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jan 9, 2019

Nationwide efforts to confront human trafficking received a boost in the new year as President Donald Trump signed a bill reauthorizing federal expenditures for prevention and assistance programs across the federal government.

Catholics lead effort that paved way for law on aid to Mideast Christians

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Dec 20, 2018

To get a bill on providing humanitarian aid to Christians in the Middle East passed by the House and Senate and on to President Donald Trump to sign “was a long and arduous journey,” said the author of the bill, Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey.

Three bundles of good news in bill to aid Iraqi Christians, Yazidis

News Analysis
Nov 29, 2018

For those concerned about the plight of suffering religious minorities around the world, very much including Christians, Wednesday’s passage of the “Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018″ is obviously good news.