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Leading Pro-Life Congressman Chris Smith Says John McCain Opposes Abortion by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor February 18, 2008 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- New Jersey congressman Chris Smith has led the pro-life charge in Congress for decades on abortion and bioethics issues. In a Monday interview, Representative Smith said likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain is pro-life on abortion and believes in protecting unborn children. "He is pro-life in his heart of hearts, in my opinion," Smith told the Washington Times. He said McCain's position on opposing abortion dates back decades and that his voting record on abortion matches his speeches...

Smith’s computers destroyed on same day he was ‘evicted’ by protesters By CHARLES WEBSTER HAMILTON — A band of rowdy war protesters invaded the township office of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith last week on the same day that wires were ripped from the office’s computer equipment.No one is flat-out blaming the activists — yet — but the coincidence is enough to prompt an investigation. “We don’t know who did this, that’s why we’ve contacted the authorities,” Smith spokeswoman Mary Noonan said yesterday from Washington. “But we do know who was in the office that day.”The computer vandalism brought the...

Over 100 US House Members Co-Sponsor Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act WASHINGTON, August 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Friday, Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)- Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Pro-Life Caucus - introduced legislation to expand and strengthen informed consent requirements abortion providers must follow by requiring information on pain and the unborn child be made available to women seeking abortions. "Expert testimony and scientific studies have shown that unborn children have the ability to feel pain from 20 weeks of gestation. You can be assured that abortion providers are aware of this information which, I might add, is well documented and...

One of the ironies of the sea-change 2006 elections is that House Democrats made significant gains at the expense of the segment of the Republican Party most likely to compromise with them: the GOP’s already dwindling faction of moderate lawmakers. Among the 30 seats taken over by Democrats last fall were those that had been held by Republican centrists such as Connecticut’s Nancy L. Johnson and Rob Simmons, New Hampshire’s Charles Bass and New York’s Sue W. Kelly. But a CQPolitics.com “party unity” study for the first half-year of the Democratic-majority 110th Congress shows that there still are a number...

When his party controlled Congress, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) was a mannered backbencher, seemingly in no rush to fill the shoes of one of his predecessors in a suburban Atlanta district, the firebrand Newt Gingrich. But in the minority, the bookish physician has transformed himself into a Republican guerrilla warrior, a near-constant presence on the House floor, gumming up the works with parliamentary objections, verbal volleys and partisan maneuvering. On the flip side, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) built his reputation as an uncompromising social conservative over 12 years of GOP rule. But since Democrats took control in November, he...

Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) re-introduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act today (H.R. 6099) with 65 cosponsors.  The bill will likely receive a floor vote sometime next week.  H.R. 6099 was introduced in both the 108th and the 109th Congress by Rep. Smith and by Senator Brownback (R-Kansas). The re-introduction of the bill includes some revisions, such as a removal of the provision allowing for mandatory revocation of medical licenses for abortion providers who violate the law.  However, financial penalties of up to $250,000 remain. H.R. 6099 would require abortion providers to notify women who want to have an abortion 20 weeks...

Google will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the country’s Communist government. The decision by Chris Smith, a Republican congressman from New Jersey who chairs a House subcommittee on Human Rights, to call for a February 16 hearing to examine the operating procedures of US internet companies in China, represents the first signs of what could become a serious backlash against Google and other internet companies in Washington that are perceived as capitulating to...

March for Life National Mall Washington, District of Columbia (United States) Gray, Nellie, President, March for Life Pence, Mike, U.S. Representative, R-IN 33rd Annual March for Life on the National Mall. President Bush is expected to speak via audio connection.

WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to pass HR 2520 - the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act - written by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). The non-controversial legislation had earlier passed the House of Representatives in May by a vote of 431-1 and was slightly altered before passage by the Senate Friday night. The bill will now be signed into law by President Bush. Umbilical cords are a rich, non-controversial source of stem cells. Currently hospitals throw millions of them away each year because the infrastructure required to properly collect and store...

Official Visit of Prime Minister to occur June 21 Smith Convenes Vietnam Human Rights and Religious Freedom Hearing on Eve of Prime Minister's Visit When: 2:00 pm; Monday June 20, 2005 Where: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC Who: Human Rights and Religious Freedom Experts US Commission on International Religious Freedom Commissioner, Nina Shea; Human Rights Watch; Boat People SOS; Committee for Religious Freedom in Vietnam; Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Washington, D.C. --- Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations subcommittee, will convene a hearing June 20, to examine the government...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The fight for Terri Schiavo's life hit home for two congressmen from New Jersey. Republican Chris Smith and Democrat Rush Holt both have confronted a decision to remove a loved one from life support, and now find themselves on opposite sides of the issue in the Schiavo case. Smith voted for - and Holt against - a bill that allows Schiavo's parents the right to sue in federal court over the withdrawal of nourishment and medical treatment needed to sustain their daughter, who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago. On Monday, the congressmen spoke of the...

LONDON (AP) - Britain's first openly gay lawmaker revealed Sunday that he has been HIV positive for 17 years, saying he was inspired by Nelson Mandela to tell the public he had the virus that causes AIDS. Chris Smith, 53, the governing Labour party's former culture secretary, said he was responding to the former South African president's call earlier this month for more publicity about AIDS to fight the stigma attached to the disease. "What Nelson Mandela said very much struck a chord with me," Smith was quoted as saying in the Sunday Times newspaper. "He spoke about how nobody...

townhall.comPrinter-friendly versionArrogance on the HillRobert Novak (back to web version) | Send January 10, 2005 WASHINGTON -- "We are looking more and more like the Democrats we replaced," a House committee chairman told me Wednesday. That comment came before he learned, to his surprise and sorrow, that the House Republican leadership had removed Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey as chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. The extraordinary purge buttressed the growing impression of arrogance as Republicans enter their second decade of power in the House. The party's House leaders purportedly removed Smith, a tireless promoter of spending for veterans,...

Veterans outraged over ousting Smith from committee   By: KATHLEEN CANNON (Fri, Jan/07/2005)  TRENTON - Burlington County veterans are outraged that House Republicans stripped U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of the chairmanship of the Veterans Affairs Committee.At the behest of GOP leaders, Republican House members voted Wednesday to oust Smith, R-4th of Robbinsville, from the committee he chaired for four years and served on for 24. They blamed a series of budget and philosophical clashes with Smith."This is terrible. I've known him for 25 years. A man of higher integrity you'll never find,'' said Ed Kelley of Mount Laurel, a...

Started about 2 minutes ago - Congressman Smith still giving opening statement....

Bill Highlighting Unborn Child's Pain Introduced by Pro-Life Leaders in CongressWASHINGTON (May 31, 2004) - - Pro-life leaders in Congress, with the strong backing of National Right to Life, have introduced a major new legislative initiative that throws a spotlight on the pain inflicted on unborn children by abortion.The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act was introduced on May 20 by Senator Sam Brownback (R-Ks.) (S. 2466) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) (H.R. 4420), with numerous cosponsors.NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, who appeared with Brownback and Smith at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol announcing the new legislation, said, "There...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life Congressman has placed internal documents from the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) into the Congressional Record. The action makes the documents publicly available in light of threatening letters CFAM and LifeNews.com have received seeking to stop the dissemination of the materials. The Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (CFAM), a pro-life organization that lobbies at the United Nations, announced earlier this month that an anonymous source sent it copies of a 60-page document summarizing the conclusions of strategic planning meetings held by CRR in late October. Pro-life Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) entered the...

Presidential Candidate Kucinich Attacks Leading Pro-Life Lawmaker by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor July 21, 2003 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) decided to run for president, he upset the pro-life community by abandoning his long-held pro-life beliefs. Now, he's having a hard time selling his newfound pro-abortion position. In an attempt to distance himself from his former pro-life voting record, Kucinich accused a leading pro-life member of Congress of wanting to put women in jail who have had abortions. In an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball" last Tuesday, Kucinich said he disagreed with criminalizing abortion...

Smith Wins Parliamentary Assembly Approval of Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism, Human Trafficking 7/8/03 6:32:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Ben Anderson of the Helsinki Commission, 202-225-1901 e-mail: Ben.Anderson@mail.house.gov; web: http://www.csce.gov WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United States Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) returned to Washington today after winning passage of measures to combat anti-Semitism and human trafficking while attending the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's 12th annual Parliamentary Assembly. Chairman Smith's two resolutions draw on his leadership during last year's parliamentary assembly in spearheading a forum to combat anti-Semitism and his legislative...

CHARLESTON, WV -- The Democratic Party meltdown continued today with losing Charleston mayoral candidate Chris Smith blasting his own party on the heels of Secretary of State Joe Manchin opening a "Republican-lite" challenge to Gov. Bob Wise. In a letter to supporters, Chris Smith said his own Democratic party didn't do enough to rally behind him as he lost the Charleston mayoral race to Republican Danny Jones, according to the Charleston Daily Mail. "With regard to the Republican Party, there was unity," he said. "With regard to the Democratic Party, it had been fractured for at least a year. As...