There is no question that Congress needs to act to help resolve America’s credit crisis—and soon—but not without comprehensive review, transparency, analysis, and due diligence. That hasn’t happened. It must. Options and alternatives to solving the recent credit debacle through means other than putting taxpayers at risk to the staggering tune of $700 billion should have been thoroughly vetted and considered. They were not. And I remain deeply concerned that far too many distressed homeowners wil...
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Rep. Chris Smith announced today that legislation directing $179.1 million in new funding for 2009 for the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst joint base was signed into law late last night by President Bush.
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Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Let me just say, to clarify the record, this legislation, which would seek to lay bare the science about Lyme disease, the fact that I believe we do have an epidemic, the fact that Lyme often go misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed. It is called “the great pretender” because so many people have it and don’t know it. It often masquerades as other kinds of anomalies manifesting in a person’s body. And it is not until it gets to a chronic state—very often causing severe disability...
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Today, Rep. Chris Smith joined with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) in introducing HR 7114, the Independence at Home Act of 2008 to offer chronically ill Medicare patients increased options of independent living while receiving quality health care.
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House co-chairs for the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), called on the presidential candidates to consider the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias on those diagnosed, their loved ones, and federal and local healthcare systems at a Capitol Hill briefing today.
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Less than one month after Rep. Chris Smith traveled to Georgia to secure the safe passage of two young girls trapped in the war zone in Georgia, the House foreign affairs panel has unanimously approved his legislation pushing the Department of State to establish “ready-to-use” procedures to more speedily and safely broker safe passage and evacuations of Americans, especially children, from conflict zones.
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MR. SMITH of New Jersey I thank my good friend, the distinguished ranking member, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for yielding. And Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution. Despite the passage of seven years, Madam Speaker, the scars from the attack on our country on September 11, 2001 remain. They remain from the loss of the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children, including over 50 men and women from my own district, the 4th District of New Jersey. Over the course of the...
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Published: Aug. 21, 2008, 7:55 p.m. By The Associated Press Two little girls from Monmouth County were reunited with their father today and could be returning home within a few days after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks. Ashley and Sophia Evans arrived at the U.S. Embassy in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi after a six-hour ride in a vehicle with French Ambassador Eric Fournier. There, they met their father, who had flown to Tbilisi, and also got McDonald's Hap...
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Published: Aug. 20, 2008, 10:38 p.m. The Associated Press By Irakli Gedenidze/Associated Press New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith met today with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as the congressman sought to bring home two young girls stuck there -- even as the girls' family worried over Russian troops only miles away. Reached on the phone in Georgia, Smith said he was meeting with anyone he could -- Georgian officials, U.S. officials, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and ...
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