Following the recent introduction by Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) of the bipartisan Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 5961), Smith held a hearing to highlight ways that the United States can provide relief for the religious and ethnic communities that survived.
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Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo, and ex-president and hero of Timorese independence Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão bestowed the Order of Timor-Leste to Rep. Chris Smith in Sept. 21, 2016. The Order of Timor-Leste is given in special recognition to those “who have made a significant contribution to the country of Timor Leste, to the Timorese or to all Mankind.”
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The House of Representatives passed Cong. Chris Smith's bill to expand the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project to include family members of vets who died as a result of their service or who are missing in action. The Gold Star Families Voices Act passed Sept. 6 and awaits Senate action.
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Eight years after Rep. Chris Smith first introduced a bill to protect children in the U.S. and around the world from convicted pedophiles who travel in secret looking for victims, International Megan's Law is now federal law. The legislation, H.R. 515, was unanimously approved by the House earlier this year and sent to the White House where it was signed into law.
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Rep. Chris Smith's bipartisan bill to take on global hunger and help the world’s most impoverished countries develop better agricultural practices passed the House April 12, 2016. As Chairman of the House panel that oversees global health initiatives, Smith's Global Food Security Act (GFSA) of 2016 (H.R. 1567), is designed to help prevent starvation and famine, and reduce hunger and malnutrition by enabling countries to feed their own people.
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Rep. Smith helped bring a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Medicare program to the former Patterson Army Hospital on the closed Fort Monmouth army post. 'Beacon of Life' will serve eligible seniors from Monmouth Co. Smith help bring the first PACE in New Jersey to Mercer Co. in 2009.
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Congressman Smith has chaired numerous hearings and is the prime sponsor of three major laws and several international resolutions aimed at combating Human Trafficking
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Congressman Smith's statement on the flawed Iranian nuclear agreement.
Learn MoreRep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) released the following statement on President Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (S. 2040): For those who have lost loved ones on 9/11 time has not diminished the suffering, nor has it brought accountability to those responsible and, certainly, has not brought closure. The Justice Agains... READ MORE
At the request and in conjunction with Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), the Federal Emergency Management Agency will hold a firefighters and EMS grant workshop at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 23 at the Jackson Mills Fire House (Station 54), just off I-195 in Jackson Township. The purpose of the workshop will be to help fire officials gain... READ MORE
At a hearing convened today by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), witnesses unanimously expressed support for Smith’s recently introduced Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 5961), bipartisan legislation that provides relief to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria, and accou... READ MORE