Representative Chris Smith, Co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) and the prime sponsor of the bipartisan and bicameral Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, issued the following statement about the demonstrations in Hong Kong and the escalating threats by the Chinese Communist government against Hong Kong: “If the Hong Kong government is truly backing off its confrontational extradition efforts—and we hope this is for real—then we might be at the start of lasting relief... Read more

BY SUSANNE CERVENKA, APP STAFF WRITER - Walter S. McAfee dreamed of getting his doctorate, but his physics department chairman suggested he take industrial arts instead. After all, that would be more beneficial considering it was likely McAfee would teach in a black college in the South, McAfee told the Asbury Park Press in a 1982 interview, recalling the conversation he had had when he was pursuing his master's degree at Ohio State University in the 1930s. Walter S. McAfee (Photo: U.S. Army) Mc... Read more

More than 200 people gathered outside the U.S. Post Office located on Main Street in Belmar Friday at a ceremony to rename the building in honor of Dr. Walter S. McAfee, a brilliant mathematician who spent several decades working at Camp Evans and Fort Monmouth on critical scientific and national security projects. “Dr. McAfee’s breakthrough research and mathematical theories led to bouncing radio signals off the moon’s surface. His unique work served as the forerunner for satellite communicatio... Read more

BY APP WRITER JERRY CARINO - Reyansh Parmar’s favorite things are stacked in a corner of his bedroom. There’s his Finn McMissile pillow from the movie “Cars 2.” There’s a big red teddy bear. There is the plastic kitchenette he played with every day, cooking daddy invisible meals. But Reyansh isn’t there anymore. He hasn’t been home in seven years, since his mother took him to India and refused to come back. He’s 10 now, and father Ravi Parmar has been fighting a lonely, desperate battle to reuni... Read more

By Susanne Cervenka, USA TODAY•August 14, 2019 People suffering from Lyme disease could be closer to knowing whether the chronic illness impacting an estimated 300,000 or more people started off as a U.S. biological weapon. U.S Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey hopes that knowledge could lead not only to accountability, but also a potential cure and greater recognition of the disease. "My hope is, this jump-starts a very aggressive effort to find a cure and see how this (Lyme disease) is growing. ... Read more

BY NJTV REPORTER LEAH MISHKIN David Goldman remembers driving his then wife and 4-year-old son, Sean, to the airport for a what she said would be a vacation in Brazil. It was five years before he saw him again. The story of how hard it was for David to get authorities to force his former partner to allow him to reunite with Sean was the inspiration for the Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act, signed into law five years ago today. Father and son were on hand Thursday ... Read more

BY BAILEY KING, PHILLY VOICE STAFF Did the U.S. military unleash Lyme disease on the American people through biological weapon experiments? A New Jersey congressman wants to know, claiming evidence links the disease to bioweapons research research, according to Military.com report. Medical and military experts are skeptical of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith’s concerns, playing it off as a conspiracy theory. Smith, a congressmen in the Fourth District of New Jersey, has asked the Pentagon to investigate t... Read more

BY WOBM REPORTER VIN EBENAU - Jersey Shore Republican Congressman Chris Smith (Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer) continues to affect direct change in the battle against international child abductions. Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L. 113-150). Congressman Smith was joined by David and Sean Goldman of Monmouth County, the father and son who were reunited after a five-year abduction to Brazil, the... Read more

By Asbury Park Press Writer Jerry Carino - Sean Goldman likes to go fishing and paddleboarding with his dad, and they go out for sushi together regularly. The 19-year-old Holmdel resident is heading into his sophomore year at Brookdale Community College and holds a job as a dock hand at Sandy Hook Bay Marina. Sean is living a typical teenage life, with a notable exception: He’s become an advocate for victims of international child abduction — an ordeal he endured and one that sparked a law beari... Read more

At a press conference marking the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L. 113-150), U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was joined by David and Sean Goldman of Monmouth County, the father and son reunited after a five-year abduction to Brazil; their attorney Patricia Apy, an international family law attorney at Paras, Apy and Reiss, and; Ravi Parmar, of Manalapan, NJ, father of a child abducted to India in 2012 and founde... Read more