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Amendment increases Lyme research by $4MHouse approves Chris Smith amendment for Lyme disease funding increase
August 7, 2020
The House of Representatives passed an amendment authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to boost Lyme disease research funding at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just before the end of the July session. “My amendment adds $4 million, for a total of $20 million, for Lyme disease research at the CDC for FY 2021. Just three years ago CDC’s Lyme budget was only $11.7 million,” said Smith, a longtime leader on Lyme as co-chair of the bipartisan Lyme Disease Caucus in Congress with ... More

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Asbury Park Press page 1 story on Monmouth County vet whom Rep. Smith presented medal'Vietnam War medic gets Silver Star 51 years after defending wounded GIs' lives'
August 6, 2020

By Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press Staff Writer Bart “Doc” Fabian saw a fellow American on the ground, badly wounded, and ran to help. As the senior Army medic on hand, that was his job when his outfit got ambushed in Vietnam on April 13, 1969. “I picked the soldier up and put him over my shoulder,” Fabian recalled. “By the time we got to the safe zone, he was already dead.” He went back into the firefight and treated the next wounded man he could reach. “His head was over my lap, and maybe eigh... More

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Aug. 11 sign-up deadlineVA, Smith team up on ‘Telephone Claims Clinic’
August 5, 2020

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), in conjunction with the Veterans Administration (VA), will host a VA Telephone Claims Clinic for vets, military retirees and their family members, and active duty service members on August 18 and 19, 2020. “It’s vitally important that veterans, active duty military, military retirees and their dependents have access to their VA services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Smith said. “Health needs don’t take a hiatus, not for COVID-19 or anything else. This ‘telephone ... More

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TapInto Hamilton article on Smith's lead removal bill'Rep. Smith Working to Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water'
August 5, 2020

By TAPINTO HAMILTON/ROBBINSVILLE STAFF Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) has introduced the Get the Lead Out Act (HR 7918) to authorize $14 billion over two years and require every utility in America to develop a plan to identify and remove lead pipes that threaten residents, especially children, from the dangers of lead. Smith said this measure builds upon his efforts to alleviate the threat of lead in drinking water systems in his district and other areas of New Jersey. “For every family and ever... More

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Smith & Cuellar introduce ‘Get the Lead Out’ bill to fund $14 billion for drinking water clean-up and infrastructure projects
August 3, 2020
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), who has been working to help alleviate the threat of lead in drinking water systems in his district and other areas of New Jersey, has partnered with Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to introduce the Get the Lead Out Act (HR 7918) which would authorize $14 billion over two years and require every utility in America to develop a plan to identify and remove lead pipes that threaten residents, especially children, from the dangers of lead. “For every family and ever... More

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