Congressman Chris Smith told News12 that he will personally bring the cause of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang to the attention of Vice President Mike Pence and that he will have Wang’s wife, Hua Qu, testify before his Congressional Committee as part of his effort to secure the release of the American student, and others, from prison in Iran.
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Posted: May 16th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Human Rights, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Americans held in Iran, Chris Smith, Congressman Chris Smith, Global Human Rights Commission, House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, Hua Qu, Iran, President Donald Trump, Princeton University, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Vice President Mike Pence, Xiyue Wang | 1 Comment »
Congressman Chris Smith listens to Patricia Apy, a Red Bank attorney, testify about the need for the State Department to step up the enforcement of the Goldman Act
While most of Washington and the media was focused on why you see the ads you see on facebook yesterday, Congressman Chris Smith and his colleagues on the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights were focused on reuniting kidnapped children with their American parents.
Smith, as chairman of the committee, called on the Trump administration to step up where the Obama administration failed by imposing sanctions on countries that are not enforcing court orders, including from their own courts, for families suffering from international parental child abduction. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 12th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017 (H.R. 3512), Congress, Congressman Chris Smith, Goldman Act, House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, India, International Child Abduction, James Cook, Japan, Monmouth County News, Patricia Apy, President Donald Trump, Suzanne Lawrence, The Sean and David Goldman Act, Trump Administration | Comments Off on Congressman Smith calls on President Trump to bring abducted children home
