As concerns continue to mount over Verizon’s plans to install twenty 30-foot towers along the boardwalk in Belmar, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today introduced legislation (HR 8082) that would empower local residents impacted by proposed 5G projects and would rein in the power of telecommunication giants to fast track their rollout of 5G wireless, steamrolling community opposition in the process. Specifically, Smith’s bill would nullify two administrative regulations issued by the Federal C... Read more

JERSEY SHORE- In response to growing concerns from Belmar, NJ residents over Verizon's plans to install twenty 30-foot 5G towers along the local boardwalk, Representative Chris Smith introduced a new piece of legislation aimed at giving local communities more say in such telecommunications projects. The bill, HR 8082, seeks to overturn Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations that currently streamline the approval process for 5G infrastructure, often sidelining local input. Introduce... Read more

In a hand delivered-letter to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio following his address to the US Congress late last week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) made a direct appeal to the Japanese leader to personally intervene and help return over 500 American children who have been abducted to Japan to their left-behind parents in the United States. “As our two countries continue to take steps to strengthen our democratic, economic and security ties, I would like to draw your attention to an open wound ... Read more

By Andrew Mark Miller Fox News Published April 16, 2024 11:05am EDT FIRST ON FOX: A Republican congressman has personally delivered a letter to Japan’s prime minister urging him to take action in order to address the issue of hundreds of American children being abducted and held in Japan by parents who took the children from the other parent without their consent. "As our two countries continue to take steps to strengthen our democratic, economic and security ties, I would like to draw your atte... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, introduced legislation (HR 7891) this week aimed at ensuring that cobalt—a key natural resource used to power electric vehicles, solar panels and other “green” products—that is extracted or processed with the use of child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) does not enter the United States market. China processes 90 percent of the world’s cobalt, most of which comes from China-owned mines in the ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today chaired a congressional hearing exposing the shocking human rights abuses and aggressive transnational repression of the Government of Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Since 2016, the government of Turkey has, according to the US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, ‘arrested or imprisoned more than 95,000 citizens, and closed more than 1,500 nongovernmental organizations…primarily for alleged ... Read more

Rep. Smith, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, issued the following statement in response to Iran's drone missile attack on Israel. "Iran has launched an unprovoked, massive terror attack on our great friend and ally Israel and the United States must make absolutely clear in both word and deed not just today but every day going forward—no more equivocation—that we unequivocally stand with the Jewish state. “Both defensive weapons... Read more

At a Capitol Hill hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today, a panel of global experts sounded the alarm on the often overlooked yet growing malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the United Nations (UN). “The Chinese Communist Party is an unelected, highly deceptive, and unimaginably cruel political entity—a dictatorship—that rules by force, torture and coercion and stands credibly accused of genocide and a plethora of human rights abuses,” said Smith, the Chairman of ... Read more

The Borough of Belmar has announced a significant financial boost for the Belmar Housing Authority (BHA) with the receipt of $676,000 in federal appropriations earmarked for critical repairs to its housing facilities. The funding, championed by U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), was secured through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Fund as part of a broader federal appropriations bill that received bipartisan support in Congress and was promptly signed... Read more

By Bob Vosseller - Assistant News Editor The township police department will receive $1,148,000 in federal funds for emergency vehicles and other equipment. “This federal support will enable the Manchester Police Department to continue delivering critical emergency and law enforcement services to a geographically large municipality,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th). He personally secured the funds for the project through a congressional earmark that was signed into law on as part of a negotiated ... Read more