Washington, July 23 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today introduced legislation to permanently prohibit the United States government from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which has a lengthy history of espousing and distributing antisemitic rhetoric and materials.

Republican Reps. Darrell Issa (CA-48), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Tom Kean (NJ-07), Andy Barr (KY-06), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Young Kim (CA-40), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Joe Wilson (SC-02), and Randy Fine (FL-06) joined Rep. Smith in introducing the Sto...