Rep. Smith Hosts Congressional Town Meeting on Lyme Disease

See coverage of the town meeting in the Asbury Park Press. (Photo credit: APP/Thomas P. Costello)

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White House Announces signing of Chris Smith's Bill, HR 1058, the Autism CARES Act

Major autism legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to authorize $1.8 billion over five years to help children and adults with autism by funding research, early detection and treatment was signed into law by President Trump. The new law provides critical biomedical autism research funding. It annually funds the National Institutes of Health at $296 million, the CDC at $23.1 million, and the Health Resources and Services Administration at $50 million.

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Smith Op-Ed in Washington Post Puts China's Draconian Abuse of Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Falun Gong under Spotlight

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post which focuses on the massive and often brutal human rights abuses the government of China is using to repress all faiths of its people.

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Asbury Park Press: 'Lyme disease: Federal panel recommends testing overhaul, more changes to Congress'

"The federal working group was the brainchild of Rep. Chris Smith, whose district includes most of the county."

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Smith Hearing on Fentanyl Coming from China

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ04) chaired a September 2018 hearing on fentanyl from China flooding into the U.S. Witnesses included Asst. Secretary of State Kirsten D. Madison; Deputy Chief of Operations at the Office of Global Enforcement for the DEA, Paul E. Knierim, and; Ocean Co., NJ Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, who called China-made fentanyl coming into the U.S. a “synthetic storm” that is “devastating."

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Smith Calls for Red Noticing of Indicted Russian Intel Officers at INTERPOL

Rep. Smith appeared on "Fox News @ Night" on Friday with host Shannon Bream, and called on the Department of Justice to Red Notice, using INTERPOL, the 12 Russian intel officers indicted for interfering with the 2016 elections.

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Iran Nuclear State 'Inevitable Under Flawed Weapons Deal

Congressman Smith's statement on the flawed Iranian nuclear agreement.

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OSCE Adopts Child Trafficking Ministerial Decision Modeled After Smith's Initiative

On December 8, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) concluded its annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of 57 OSCE participating States by adopting a ministerial decision on combatting child trafficking—modeled on OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) resolutions adopted in 2016 and 2017, authored by Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04).

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