Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced that New Jersey will receive nearly $95 million in federal funding for the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund—bolstering the federal-state partnership that allows local entities to receive grants or principal forgiveness loans to improve and enhance local water projects. “These critical federal dollars will enable the state to assist local governments anxious to implement much needed clean water infrastructure improvements,” said Smith who s...
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Fire departments across New Jersey can now apply for federal funding to hire and train professional firefighters or to recruit more volunteer front line firefighters, said Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program will provide $360 million Congress allocated in FY2022 in total grants for local fire departments, both volunteer and paid, around the country. The program is run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Feder...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week on two cases—Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh—that consider the responsibility of Big Tech firms for content that appears on their sites: “The Supreme Court has a great opportunity to significantly correct what I and many others have long recognized as unjust—that gigantic tech companies hide behind a narrow interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to avoid...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined The Story with Martha MacCallum on Monday to discuss his new legislation—HR 1056—requiring an investigation into the environmental review process for the rushed development of massive offshore wind farms along the New Jersey-New York coastline. Smith’s legislation comes on the heels of at least ten unexplained whale deaths in the area since early December.
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By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com New Jersey House Republicans responded to the latest whale death off the Jersey Shore by announcing new legislation to address offshore wind projects. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd Dist., on Friday proposed a moratorium on existing wind farms and a ban on future ones, while Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., introduced a measure calling for an investigation into how the wind farms gained environmental approval. “We still have no meaningful answers from...
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While presiding over the House of Representatives today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was formally selected by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to chair the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) for the 118th Congress. The position marks the third committee leadership appointment this year for Smith, who has also been tapped to chair the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in addition to the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Smith has previ...
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Rep. Smith speaks at the Save the Whales rally in Point Pleasant Beach on Sunday. Pictured with Smith are (left to right) Trisha DeVoe, a naturalist and rally organizer; Leslie Mangold, rally organizer; Seaside Park Mayor John Peterson Jr; and Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action and rally organizer. At a rally in Point Pleasant Beach today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) called for immediate answers from the Biden Administration and Governor Murphy to the growing questions rai...
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A dead whale washes ashore in Manasquan on Monday, February 13th—the ninth one along the New Jersey-New York coastline since early December. Photo: Asbury Park Press. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today introduced new legislation—HR 1056—requiring an immediate, comprehensive investigation into the environmental approval process for offshore wind projects as Governor Murphy and the Biden Administration continue to ignore growing calls to pause offshore wind development over concerns about the ...
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Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs) operate as official representative offices of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the United States and enjoy a series of privileges, exemptions, and immunities. HKETOs were granted these privileges under the assumption Hong Kong would remain free from the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarian grip. That reality changed after the imposition of Beijing’s draconian 2020 National Security Law in Hong Kong. Following the enactment of the bi...
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) issued the following statement on the tragic death of Central Regional High School student Adriana Kuch and the ongoing concerns for student safety: “Words are inadequate to convey the sorrow my wife Marie and I share over the tragic death of Adriana Olivia Kuch just days after a group of students violently attacked her at Central Regional High School and shared the video of the horrific assault online. There must be absolutely zero tolerance for bullying, harass...
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