By JONATHAN SALANT of NJ.com Seymour Josephson warned Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers when they met that the tears could flow at any minute. “You’re getting this raw,” the Robbinsville resident told the Republican congresswoman from Washington state during a meeting Wednesday in Rep. Chris Smith’s office. By the time they finished, McMorris Rodgers had reached for a tissue and Josephson was wiping his eyes yet again. Just five weeks earlier, Josephson’s 21-year-old daughter Samantha, a senior at the... Read more

Erik Larsen Asbury Park Press USA TODAY NETWORK - NEW JERSEY WASHINGTON - Legislation that would require enhanced safety measures for ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft is being advanced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and has bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. The proposal for a new law comes several weeks after Samantha Josephson, 21, a University of South Carolina student from Robbinsville in Mercer County, was murdered after authorities said she accidentally got into a car she mistook ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Thursday praised the winners of the New Jersey Fourth Congressional District’s 2018 Congressional App Challenge for their hard work, ingenuity, and desire to help others through their software app “BrainHack”. “Liam, Erica and Anthony earned this award for their teamwork and excellence, and their effort to serve other people,” Smith said. “Their app ‘BrainHack’ is designed to help persons struggling with memory loss and dementias such as Alzheimer’s, guiding them throu... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) will be sponsoring a special Congressional town meeting where attendees can hear from nationally-recognized Lyme disease experts about: current efforts to combat Lyme and tick-borne diseases, updates on diagnosis and treatment, tips on protection, and more. What: Congressional Town Meeting on Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases When: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 6:45-9:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6 pm) Where: Wall Township Municipal Bldg. Community Room 2700 Allaire Road, Wall Township, NJ ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on Wednesday: “I welcome the news of Asia Bibi arriving safely in Canada to reunite with her family; she deserves to live a life without fear after experiencing a harrowing ordeal of a false blasphemy conviction, prison, death row, and death threats. After so much international attention on this case, Pakistan’s Supreme Court should be commended for overturning Asia Bibi’s bas... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement on Tuesday: “I strongly condemn the indiscriminate rocket attacks launched at civilians in Israel this past weekend by Hamas and other Palestinian militants operating in the Gaza Strip, which killed four Israeli civilians and injured dozens. Although a ceasefire has temporarily ended hostilities in the area between the militants and Israel Defense Forces , blame for the conflict squarely lies with Hamas who intended to harm innocents and dis... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on Turkey: “From the annulment of the results of Istanbul’s recent mayoral election to Turkey’s unilateral decision to commence offshore oil drilling in the territorial waters of Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is cementing his legacy as a menace to democratic values and international security. I condemn these developments and urge President Erdogan to halt this... Read more

Three days before their daughter Sami would have graduated from college, Seymour and Marci Josephson are in Washington with Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who has teamed up with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) to urge their colleagues in Congress as well as Administration officials to enact strong legislative and policy protections for all ride-share passengers. “Through their sorrow and unimaginable loss, the Josephsons are courageously working in Sami’s memory to protect ride-share passengers and help preve... Read more

Two New Jersey lawmakers have taken another important step in advancing legislation to fight back against proposed New York congestion taxes targeting Garden State residents who drive into Manhattan for work. The bipartisan Anti-Congestion Tax Act (HR 2523), introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), along with Rep. Chris Smith, the Republican sponsor, offers federal penalties if New York goes through with its ill-conceived proposed congestion tax. While the full brunt of this tax burden will b... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the release of a summary of an internal review by Garden City Community College of the death of Braeden Bradforth: The summary of the grossly inadequate and incomplete internal review lacks answers to key questions about the events of August 1 that, nine months later, still need to be answered. The family deserves the basic facts of Braeden’s death. This is a summary of what? A young man is dead and we still don’t know how or why he died.... Read more