Christopher H. Smith

Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Foreign Policy & Trade 4 Civil Rights & Liberties 3 Healthcare 3 Criminal Justice & Policing 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 current New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2003	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2001	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 7, 1997	Jan 3, 1999	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 4, 1995	Jan 3, 1997	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1995	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 1991	Jan 3, 1993	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 1989	Jan 3, 1991	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 6, 1987	Jan 3, 1989	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 1985	Jan 3, 1987	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 3, 1983	Jan 3, 1985	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NJ-4 New Jersey	Republican	Jan 5, 1981	Jan 3, 1983	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Africa — Chair unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Western Hemisphere unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.184, social dim. -0.171. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
HR 3668 Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-334	Dec 12, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll334 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Recommit	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-333	Dec 12, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll333 US-GOV-PD
HR 2550 Protect America's Workforce Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-332	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll332 US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-331	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll331 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Discharge	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-321	Dec 10, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll321 US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 PERMIT Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-330	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll330 US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 PERMIT Act	On Motion to Recommit	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-329	Dec 11, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll329 US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025	On Passage	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-328	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll328 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-327	Dec 11, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll327 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-326	Dec 11, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll326 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-325	Dec 11, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll325 US-GOV-PD
HR 3638 Electric Supply Chain Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-324	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll324 US-GOV-PD
HR 3628 State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-323	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll323 US-GOV-PD
HRES 939 Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors.	On Motion to Table	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-322	Dec 11, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll322 US-GOV-PD
S 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-320	Dec 10, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll320 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Commit	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-319	Dec 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll319 US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-318	Dec 10, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll318 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-317	Dec 10, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll317 US-GOV-PD
HR 1676 Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-316	Dec 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll316 US-GOV-PD
S 356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-315	Dec 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll315 US-GOV-PD
HR 1049 Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-314	Dec 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll314 US-GOV-PD
HR 1069 PROTECT Our Kids Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-313	Dec 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll313 US-GOV-PD
HR 1005 Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-312	Dec 3, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll312 US-GOV-PD
HR 4305 DUMP Red Tape Act	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-311	Dec 3, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll311 US-GOV-PD
HR 2965 Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-310	Dec 3, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll310 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 cycle · official FEC aggregate

Period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · as of Dec 31, 2024 · coverage: official aggregate · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Receipts	Spending	Cash	Debt	Refunds	Self-funding	Net receipts
$838,737	$701,105	$364,065	$0	$200	—	$838,537

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 24, 2023–Dec 6, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:07 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$802,743	$6,600	$796,143

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$33,381	CONGRESS NJ	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,100	CONGRESS NJ	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	SBA PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Jun 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	HUCKPAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Jun 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC)	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Jun 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION CTTEE/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Mar 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ALZHEIMERS IMPACT MOVEMENT PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Oct 23, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Jun 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Nov 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	INT. UNION OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES(IUPAT)	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	May 14, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 9 PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Mar 5, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 9 PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAC (AIPAC)	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Oct 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAC (AIPAC)	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Jun 22, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Support	$86,954 (500 records)	May 1, 2024–Oct 9, 2024 · as of Oct 9, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD