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U.S. Representative — New Jersey's 4th District

Christopher Smith

Republican · New Jersey

Republican U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9893 — Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9531 — Preventing Stomach Cancer in Our Nation’s Heroes Act (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
  • H.R.9202 — Walter Patterson Justice and Extradition Act (Introduced, Jun 8, 2026)
  • H.R.9085 — Tibet Atrocities Determination Act (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • H.R.8354 — Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
  • H.R.7967 — Heidi’s Law (Introduced, Mar 17, 2026)
  • H.R.7807 — Honduras Expropriation Accountability Act (Introduced, Mar 4, 2026)
  • H.R.7482 — LymeX Authorization Act (Introduced, Feb 11, 2026)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.1908 — End Congressional Stock Trading Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.2048 — Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8781 — Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 (Reported, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.8793 — Veterans Suicide Prevention and Care Enhancement Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.7718 — Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
  • H.R.8603 — Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
  • H.R.8481 — Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
  • H.R.4708 — Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Christopher Smith has served since the early nineteen-eighties, and international affairs account for more of his classified filings than every other subject on his record combined. Few members anywhere on this site are this concentrated.

First elected in 1981, now serving across 23 terms. Christopher Smith falls in the veteran cohort.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Christopher Smith's cluster into: International Affairs (23), Health (6), Armed Forces and National Security (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (4), Government Operations and Politics (3), Foreign Trade and International Finance (2).

A human rights portfolio

He chairs the foreign affairs subcommittee on Africa, and the bills follow: ending support for a United Nations relief agency, preventing trafficking through orphanages, an extradition and justice measure named for an individual, alongside domestic bills on broadband consultation and stomach cancer among veterans. The through-line is people harmed abroad and the machinery for reaching them.

946
Bills sponsored
7644
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 47 currently sit at Introduced.

Where he parts from the conference

He supported a labour contracts bill and, on two separate roll calls, the resolution that brought it up — voting for the procedure as well as the substance. He also opposed a daylight saving measure and a fuel retailing bill his party passed, and split in both directions on defence authorisation amendments. Across all of it he did not miss a vote.

6.8%
Votes against the Republican majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
56 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
The 10 most recent of 15 roll calls where Christopher Smith voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 276		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 245		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.5408
Faster Labor Contracts Act
On Passage · roll call 216		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.Res.1140
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 215		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.Res.1140
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act
On Motion to Discharge · roll call 212		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 152		Apr 30, 2026Agreed toNo (party: Yea)
0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting

Below the New Jersey Republicans

New Jersey's small Republican House group carries a high internal average, and Smith sits under it despite a substantial number of departures in absolute terms.

Among the 3 Republicans in the New Jersey delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 7.9%. Christopher Smith is below that average at 6.8%.

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Christopher Smith has 946 bills sponsored, 7644 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Africa (Chair)
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Western Hemisphere

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