The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping reauthorization of the nation's most comprehensive law to combat human trafficking, in a rare bipartisan vote. The bill allocates $520 million over four years toward programs that aim to identify and aid victims of trafficking and prevent it from occurring.
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Congressman Smith led a bipartisan Congressional Delegation on a humanitarian mission to the war-torn area of East Africa. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from South Sudan fleeing to neighboring Uganda are facing starvation. Rep. Bass (D-CA) is on right. (photos by Helen Manson)
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Rep. Chris Smith held a ceremony June 10 for students from the Fourth Congressional District who will soon be departing for one of the U.S. service academies. Twelve students Smith nominated received appointments to the prestigious institutions. Those students attending the ceremony received flags which Smith had flown over the Capitol.
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ERBIL, Iraq - American foreign policy in Iraq has had its share of missteps, and one quiet casualty of this policy has been the country’s ever smaller Christian population. Now Congressman Chris Smith, chairman of the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organization Subcommittee, and of the bi-partisan Helsinki Commission, is asking questions - not just in Washington, but in Iraq itself.
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Congressman Smith's statement on the flawed Iranian nuclear agreement.
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By JONATHAN SALANT OF NJ.COM - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is receiving a new fleet of Air Force tankers, making it more likely to be protected against any future round of military base closings.
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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 is now law. The Gold Star Families Voices Act passed the House of Representatives on Sept. 6, 2016 and the Senate on Nov. 25. It was signed into law by the President on Nov. 28, 2016.
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Cong. Chris Smith, co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan House Alzheimer's Caucus and co-author of the National Alzheimer's Plan Act (NAPA), helped send off walkers at the Walk to End Alzheimer's at Veterans Park in Mercer Co. and in Bradley Beach in Monmouth County this fall with Exec. Director Katie Macklin of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer's Assn., at right.
Learn MoreRep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L 113-150), introduced an innovative new bill that will automatically remove tariff benefits for countries that are found to be out of compliance in returning children home—the “Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport Interna... READ MORE
Today, the full House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a resolution, authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), highlighting the human rights violations of the Ethiopian government, and offering a blueprint to create a government better designed to serve the interests of the Ethiopian people. The resolution, which passed without objec... READ MORE
At a gathering of noted Chinese human rights activists in the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the co-Chairman of the Congressional-Executive China Commission (CECC), received the Wei Jingsheng Foundation’s Human Rights and Freedom Defender award for, “his decades-long devotion and effort to improve human rights and freedom all over... READ MORE