Rep. Chris Smith Archives

Smith, USCIRF welcome State Department report on religious persecution

Dec 24, 2019

A Catholic member of Congress and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom welcomed the U.S. Department of State’s redesignation of nine nations as “countries of particular concern” for carrying out or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”

By Catholic News Service

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

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.

By Catholic News Service

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

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.

By Elizabeth Bachmann

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

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.

By Catholic News Service

Adoption tax credit restored to GOP proposal after outcry

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.

By Catholic News Agency

Groups urge passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion

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.

By Kurt Jensen