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Chris Smith's Public Statements on Issue: Defense

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On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (NJ) - District 4

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06/15/2022 Rep. Steube Calls for Robust, Transparent Investigation into Chaotic, Deadly Afghanistan Withdrawal
02/15/2022 Rep. Green and Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans Commemorate Six Months Since the Fall of Kabul
11/02/2021 Letter to Hon. Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State - Sarbanes Opposes Sale of F-16s to Turkey, Demands Information from State Department
09/13/2021 Smith presses Blinken on left-behind Americans, vetting, untruthfulness in Biden phone call to Ghani, and foreign policy implications including Taiwan
09/13/2021 Letter to Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General - Varosha and Turkey Actions
09/11/2021 Remembering the Victims of 9/11
09/02/2021 Welcome Afghan refugees to Joint Base MDL
08/27/2021 Rep. Smith joins CBS Eye on the World to discuss ongoing crisis in Afghanistan
08/25/2021 On the arrival of evacuees from Afghanistan at New Jersey Joint Base MDL
08/23/2021 Asbury Park Press NJ - Create 'humanitarian corridors' to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul
08/21/2021 The Washington Times - Humanitarian corridors: Americans must be able to reach the airport in Kabul
08/18/2021 Rep. Jackson Calls on Biden to Continue Evacuation Efforts Until All Americans, Partners Out of Afghanistan
02/19/2021 Letter to The Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, and The Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Mike Garcia, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on Biden Admin to Strengthen U.S. -- Armenian Ties
07/02/2020 Letter to Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the United States Air Force - Norcross, Menendez Lead Delegation Support for Expanded Mission of NJ Air Guard's 177th Fighter Wing
05/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State - Fitzpatrick Joins Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority of House Members Calls On Administration To Extend Iran Arms Embargo
03/26/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Sherrill, Menendez Lead Entire New Jersey Delegation in Calling on Secretary Azar to Utilize Defense Production Act
12/11/2019 Smith Veterans Amendment Approved in National Defense Authorization Act
10/29/2019 Letter to the Hon. John W. Henderson, Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force - Booker Engages Air Force to Help Approve Joint Base Overpass
09/26/2019 Letter to Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, James Inhofe, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Mac Thornberry, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, and Jack Reed, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member - Congressmen Don Young and Jimmy Panetta Lead Letter Urging Retention of Critical NDAA Anti-Hunger Provision for Military Families
09/09/2019 Letter to the Hon. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. James M. Inhoffe, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Combating PFAS contamination
07/19/2019 Governor Murphy, Congressman Norcross, NJDMAVA Lead New Jersey Delegation Military Base Tour
07/18/2019 'house Orders Pentagon to Say if It Weaponized Ticks and Released Them'
05/22/2019 Smith-Requested Funding Included in Defense Spending Bill Passed out of Committee
05/07/2019 Letter to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering - Rep. Sherrill Leads NJ Delegation in push for DoD Partnerships with NJ Universities
04/03/2019 Smith Pushes for Fed Funds of Road Projects at Military Bases

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