Rep. Chris Smith Archives

‘World of faith under siege,’ with threats ‘multiplying’ daily, says Smith

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 24, 2019

The world is “filled with people in need,” including the unborn, trafficking victims, those “suffering the agonies of addiction and abuse, people with disabilities and still others facing famine and disease,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey.

House urged to reject spending bill that would overturn pro-life policies

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 19, 2019

The House of Representatives has begun debate on a bill that will overturn at least nine pro-life policies, including reinstating taxpayer-funded abortion domestically and abroad, according to Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey.

GOP House members urge Democrats to allow vote on ‘Born-Alive’ measure

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Mar 15, 2019

Republican leaders in the House are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and other House Democrats “to stop blocking” a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Adoption tax credit restored to GOP proposal after outcry

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Nov 10, 2017

The adoption tax credit has been restored to the congressional tax plan, where it had originally been left out. Advocates for the credit argue that it helps defray the high costs of adoption, which might prevent children otherwise eligible for adoption from finding families.

Groups urge passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 9, 2017

The Conscience Protection Act is aimed at protecting individual physicians, nurses or other health care professionals who refuse to assist in abortions when asked to do so by their employers. According to the wording of the bill, it protects various entities, including applicants to or participants in training programs for the health professions who refuse to participate in an abortion.

Adoption tax credit is critical – don’t cut it, says law’s original author

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Nov 8, 2017

Congressman Chris Smith is fighting a plan to repeal a refundable adoption credit he introduced to Congress in 1990. The legislation was reintroduced in the following years, and eventually become law, with bipartisan support, in 1996. “Every child deserves a loving family – and it is incumbent on us to assist those parents who seek to build their families through adoption,” Smith said.