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A trio of government-operated coronavirus testing sites for residents, health care providers and first responders are now up and running to serve the 4th District, including one State/federal community-based testing site in Monmouth County, and two county-operated sites in Ocean and Mercer counties. To ensure that the capacity is increased as demand surges, Rep. Smith has supported the opening of all three to augment testing by private medical facilities.
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***UPDATE: EXTENSION GRANTED***Rep. Smith Leads on NJ Delegation Letter to Keep Feds at NJ Coronavirus Test Sites April 6, 2020 Vice President Mike Pence informed NJ Gov. Phil Murphy this afternoon that federal officials will remain at two testing sites in the Garden State into May, only days after the congressional delegation worked together to send a letter expressing serious concerns that the officials were intending to leave this week. On Saturday, Members of the New Jersey congressional delegation pressed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ens... More
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Rep. Smith Leads on NJ Delegation Letter to Keep Feds at NJ Coronavirus Test Sites April 6, 2020 Members of the New Jersey congressional delegation are pressing the federal government to ensure that two federal COVID-19 test sites stood up in Monmouth and Bergen counties remain fully supported beyond an April 10th date originally designated as a time to transition operations over to the state. “We are concerned that our federal partners are pulling up the stakes too soon, even before the peak of the virus hits our state,” said Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) who represents Holmdel, NJ which hosts ... More
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Fixes Federal Problems Left from Sandy to Help Shore Towns and Citizens Survive COVID-19.Smith Bill Seeks Help for Towns and Relief for Citizens Punished by So-called ‘Duplication of Benefits’ Policy April 5, 2020 As Jersey Shore residents, businesses and towns face a whirlwind of economic upheaval at the hands the growing coronavirus outbreak, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) renewed his fight for victims still struggling financially from Superstorm Sandy as a result of the federal government’s unfair implementation of “assistance” programs established after the 2012 superstorm. Smith’s legislation, introduced Friday with co-sponsor Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) who also represents Jersey Shore towns, mandates forg... More
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Smith Calls Out China’s Human Rights Record, Blasts Appointment of PRC Gov't Official to UN Human Rights Body April 5, 2020 Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, release... More
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New Jersey to Receive $1.7B in CARES Act Emergency Funding to Shore Up Mass Transit April 3, 2020 More than $1.7 billion in emergency funding was awarded Thursday by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the State of New Jersey to help the public transit system weather the economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who supported multiple efforts to include transit system support in Congress’ response to the COVID-19 outbreak. “This emergency funding can be used to help NJ Transit get through the ongoing coronavirus turmoil and help pay for the m... More
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