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 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization…	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-259	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll259 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-258	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll258 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-257	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll257 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-256	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll256 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-255	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll255 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-254	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll254 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-253	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll253 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-252	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll252 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-251	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll251 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-250	Sep 10, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll250 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-249	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll249 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-248	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll248 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-247	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll247 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-246	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll246 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-245	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll245 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-244	Sep 10, 2025	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll244 US-GOV-PD
HRES 682 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year…	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Not voting	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-243	Sep 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll243 US-GOV-PD
	On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-242	Sep 9, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll242 US-GOV-PD
HR 3425 Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-241	Sep 8, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll241 US-GOV-PD
HR 3424 SPACE Act of 2025	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	house · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-240	Sep 8, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll240 US-GOV-PD
HR 4553 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026	On Passage	Yea	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-239	Sep 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll239 US-GOV-PD
	On Motion to Recommit	Nay	house · YEA-AND-NAY · roll 2025-238	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll238 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-237	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll237 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-236	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll236 US-GOV-PD
	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	house · RECORDED VOTE · roll 2025-235	Sep 4, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes h119-2025-roll235 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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	LABORERS' INTERNTIONAL UNION OF NA (LIUNA) PAC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS SMITH	Corporate PAC	Sep 5, 2024	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