Honorable Chris Smith
United States Representative, New Jersey, Republican
Representative Smith, of the Fourth District of New Jersey, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He was previously Executive Director of the New Jersey Right to Life Committee. He sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. He co-chairs the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Congressional–Executive Commission on China. The following is from a February 27, 2015, House floor statement on “Human Rights in Cuba: A Squandered Opportunity.” Earlier this month, I held a hearing to examine the state of human…