By Community Bulletin Project Freedom recently joined with local officials as they broke ground on their second community in Hamilton Township — Freedom Village at Hamilton Woods. Project Freedom’s new development, called Freedom Village at Hamilton Woods, will have 72 units and be located at Justice Samuel A. Alito Way & Whitehorse Mercerville Road. The location is situated near Hamilton’s Public Library, Hamilton’s Police Station and the Hamilton Area YMCA. Attending the groundbreaking includ... Read more

You'd think that the term "concentration camp" would be a thing of the past after the Allies defeated the Nazis in World War II. For those of us who are students of history, the extend of abuse and genocide practiced by the government does not come as a surprise. As the saying goes, those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, too many today turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the real suffering of missions around the globe. Human trafficking, slavery, and yes, concentration camps whe... Read more

The House of Representatives last night unanimously passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R. 6256)—bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to stop U.S. imports from China’s Xinjiang Region, where the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against the Uyghurs and other Muslims. “Xi Jinping’s abject cruelty towards all people of faith—Christians, Falun Gong, Tibetan Buddhists—has evolved at his personal direction into genocide against the Uyghurs and other... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The $1 trillion infrastructure law signed last month by President Joe Biden will include $168.9 million for New Jersey next year to begin replacing lead water pipes and addressing drinking water contamination, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new law includes funding to get rid of every lead water pipe, a project that in New Jersey alone will cost an estimated $2.3 billion to replace 350,000 lead service lines, accord... Read more

Last July, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and the Mississippi congressional delegation led 228 Members of Congress—44 Senators and 184 Members of the House of Representative—in submitting an amicus brief arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should affirm the constitutionality of Mississippi’s law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks.[1] On the steps outside the Supreme Court today during oral arguments before the Justices on Dobbs v. Jackson, Rep. Smith, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, s... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, said the Biden Administration’s decision to remove Nigeria from the list of countries that violate religious freedom was “totally unjustified” and “a retreat from the noble and necessary fight to protect victims of religious persecution.” On November 15, the U.S. State Department released its annual “Countries of Particular Concern” and Nigeria was removed from the list. Genocide Watch has called Nigeria a... Read more

By Carl Comegno Gannett Staff Reporter - Master Sgt. Chris Joyce used to have to lay on his stomach to control the refueling boom of the Air Force's KC-135 refueling tankers. "Lying down was backbreaking," he said. As one of the first airmen trained to operate the boom on the Air Force's aging refueling tankers, Joyce was happy to see two new KC-46A Pegasus supertankers arrive at the Joint Base this week. Boom operators on the new tankers sit more comfortably at a console in front of computer s... Read more

A bipartisan infrastructure bill supported by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to repair and rebuild dangerous roads, bridges, rail lines, tunnels, lead-contaminated water pipes and more will become law on Monday. “Above all, this legislation is necessary to better ensure the safety of the people in my district, New Jersey, and the nation,” Smith said. Officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the bill will fund hard infrastructure projects and boost commerce, jobs and economic gro... Read more

By Keith Sargeant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The body was sprawled across a patch of Vietnam jungle, lying where it had been cut down by bullets. The enemy was closing in quickly, but Sgt. Nick Martinez couldn’t leave his man behind, even if meant he’d be exposed in an open field. In the midst of a raging firefight, the man known as “Chico” sprinted to the fallen soldier and tossed down his rifle. He tugged at the shoulders, then tried to lift 200 pounds of dead weight. It wouldn’t budge. Sn... Read more

Project Freedom broke ground for a new development with 72 units, called “Freedom Village At Hamilton Woods” today located at Justice Samuel A. Alito Way &Whitehorse Mercerville Road. Congressman Chris Smith thanked members of Project Freedom for the tremendous work that has been done to make affordable, accessible and barrier free housing available to people. Congressman Smith met Executive Director, Norman Smith three and a half decades ago, he said Norman is not a guy you can say no to, that ... Read more