Christopher H. Smith
AnalysisR NJ-4 · House
Defense
+244Finance
+68Healthcare
+237Education
+138Transportation
+209Energy
-79Criminal Justice
-45Trade
-92Agriculture
+142Veterans Affairs
+244Maritime
-484Foreign Affairs
-275Government Operations
-3Immigration
-192Technology
+61Labor
+11Military Procurement
+17Environment
-84Foreign Policy
-9Housing
+114Industry Impact Profile
20432 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (75 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Defense (229),
Veterans Affairs (183),
Coast Guard (36),
DoD (33),
EPA (31)
+70 more
|
+301 | ||||
General Public (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (17),
Family Sponsors (4),
Military (3),
Foreign (2)
+3 more
|
+371 | ||||
Military (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems (3),
Air Force (2),
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
- | +167 | |||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
+112 | ||||
Healthcare (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (15),
Community (3),
Tribal (3),
Family Planning Services (2),
Public Health (2)
|
- | +157 | |||
Education (6 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Maritime Training (2),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Research Universities (1)
+1 more
|
- | +47 | |||
| Cryptocurrency | - | - | +71 | ||
Transportation (6 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (2),
Labor (2),
Technology (2),
Tourism (2),
Moving (1)
+1 more
|
- | +23 | |||
Financial Services (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7)
|
+45 | ||||
State & Local Government (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
- | +36 | |||
Construction (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal Projects (1),
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
+125 | ||||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (8),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
+16 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | +15 | ||
Agriculture (6 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
+1 more
|
+141 | ||||
| Law Enforcement | - | - | +42 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
hr7457-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeNigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026
hr6930-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeProtecting Military Readiness from Offshore Wind Industrialization Interference Act
hr6042-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeLANDED Act
hr4830-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeUyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025
hres586-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeRecognizing and applauding President Trump for brokering a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting diplomatic and economic efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region.
hres559-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeRecognizing the urgent need for peace, stability, and reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region.
hres479-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the urgent need to appoint a Special Envoy for Sudan to address the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis and to advance United States national security interests.
hr3737-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo address Chinese Communist Party efforts to censor the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and for other purposes.
hr3122-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo advance United States national interests by prioritizing the protection of internationally recognized human rights and development of the rule of law in relations between the United States and Vietnam, and for other purposes.
hr2522-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo designate the area between the intersections of 18th Street Northwest and Church Street Northwest, and 18th Street Northwest and P Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia as Jimmy Lai Way, and for other purposes.
hr10555-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo create mechanisms by which state law enforcement can coordinate with the federal government to detect and stop drones involved in unlawful activities, and for other purposes.
hr9997-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, Jr. VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
hr8329-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize and modify the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.
hr8125-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo designate the area between the intersections of 18th Street Northwest and Church Street Northwest, and 18th Street Northwest and P Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia as Jimmy Lai Way, and for other purposes.
hr6909-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt refined in the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market under the presumption that the cobalt is extracted or processed with the use of child and forced labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
hr5856-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
hr5686-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prevent ethnic cleansing and atrocities against ethnic Armenians, promote accountability for the same, protect and provide humanitarian assistance to Armenians in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh impacted by actions taken by the Government of Azerbaijan, and for other purposes.
hr4659-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo promote free and fair elections, democracy, political freedoms, and human rights in Cambodia, and for other purposes.
hr4443-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo ensure that certain goods made with child labor or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter the United States market, to counter control of strategic metals and minerals by the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
hr3827-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo ensure that contractor employees on Army Corps projects are paid prevailing wages as required by law, and for other purposes.
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