Dan Alexander Published: March 4, 2021 After 30 members of the New Jersey National Guard got food poisoning while on duty in Washington, D.C., a state congressman is calling on the food service company to be fired and investigated. The issue came to light when a Michigan National Guard staff sergeant told Detroit's WXYZ-TV that metal shavings and undercooked food was found in 75 meals that made some guard members sick. The undercooked food sent a dozen soldiers to a hospital, the staff sergeant... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today asked the Speaker of the House to investigate and take immediate action on credible reports of tainted food that has made several National Guard members sick, including at least 30 from New Jersey. “This is outrageous,” Smith said. “The women and men deployed here from New Jersey and elsewhere to protect the Capitol deserve meals that are absolutely safe and healthful. “I’ve learned that dozens of National Guard members from New Jersey have gotten sick from tainted ... Read more

Autism Speaks—a national advocacy group that promotes research and solutions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—presented Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) with their Congressional Leadership Award for his “leadership on behalf of individuals with autism and their families.” “The dedicated leaders at Autism Speaks work tirelessly to help raise awareness and advocate for those with autism,” said Rep. Smith, co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus. “I thank them for their steadfast commi... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Members of the New Jersey National Guard deployed to the nation’s capital following the Jan. 6 insurrection were sickened by tainted food, according to Rep. Chris Smith, who has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to investigate. Smith, R-4th Dist., said at least 30 New Jerseyans got sick over the last month — including some last week — from eating the food while they were deployed in the nation’s capital to protect the U.S. Capitol. “This is out... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to investigate how a group of New Jersey National Guard members got sick after eating possibly “tainted” food while deployed to protect the US Capitol. Smith (R-NJ) noted that the roughly 30 members of the Garden State Guard became ill, as did troops from other states, after being provided with “tainted and unhealthy food from a private-sector vendor.” “Some have even reported vomiting in the Senate parking lot,” Smith wrot... Read more

Excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in the House of Representatives during debate on COVID-19 appropriations bill—February 26, 2021: An analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget shows that approximately $1 trillion of previously appropriated COVID-19 relief funds have not been spent. Let me say that again, Madame Speaker, about a trillion dollars appropriated by Congress for COVID relief has not been spent. Yet today, the House will vote on spending an additional $1.9... Read more

Bipartisan congressional legislation recognizing February as American Heart Month is designed to bring greater awareness to the cardiovascular public health crisis and reaffirm the commitment of the United States to combat heart disease throughout the year. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition, along with fellow co-chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), authored the resolution (H.Res. 128) in honor of the approximately 655,000 Americans who die from some fo... Read more

BY KAYLA MARSH of THE OCEAN STAR — Significant damage to the borough beachfront caused by recent winter storms has brought together officials across all sectors of government to find solutions to help bring some relief to the impacted area. Mayor William Curtis recently met with Congressman Chris Smith [R-04], U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lt. Col. David Park, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s [NJDEP] Director of the Division of Coastal Engineering William Dixon, Ocean... Read more

By Jonathan Salant - In the last Congress, Marci and Seymour Josephson saw the U.S. House pass without opposition legislation named for their late daughter, murdered after getting into a fake Uber car while at college. But the Senate never took up the measure and it failed to become law. Now Rep. Chris Smith, who counts the Josephsons as his constituents, is trying again. Smith has reintroduced what is known as “Sami’s Law,” requiring vehicles for ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft cl... Read more

By ELIZABETH A MEYERS Representative Chris Smith (NJ-4) has renewed his effort to bring "Sami's Law, named in honor of Samantha “Sami” Josephson, a Robbinsville resident, who was kidnaped and brutally murdered by a predator pretending to be her Uber driver near the University of South Carolina just months prior to her graduation in 2019, to the President's desk. HR 1082, sponsored by Smith, a federal Sami’s Law will require transportation networking companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft to deploy ... Read more