Africa Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on Defending Religious Freedom Around the World
February 05, 2026
February 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following opening remarks on Feb. 4, 2026, at a hearing entitled "Defending Religious Freedom Around the World":
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Congratulations and special thanks to Ambassador Sam Brownback and Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett co-chairs of the International Religious Freedom Summit just concluded here in Washington for an extraordinarily powerful, com . . .
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Congratulations and special thanks to Ambassador Sam Brownback and Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett co-chairs of the International Religious Freedom Summit just concluded here in Washington for an extraordinarily powerful, com . . .