The winners of the 2019 Annual Congressional Art Competition were announced tonight by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who sponsors the annual show for high school students in the Fourth Congressional District. “When President Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act in 1965, he said: “Art is a nation’s most precious heritage,” Smith told the students. “For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guide’s us a... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) today urged Trenton Water Works to pursue a newly announced U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding source of over $700,000 to assist with improving drinking water in New Jersey. “I strongly encourage Trenton Water Works to seek this funding in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP),” Smith said. “I will continue to ask the EPA to give all possible consideration to assisting TWW and its customers who are in need of... Read more

The Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), issued this statement on the tragic shooting in a synagogue in Poway, California: “On this day, we solemnly commemorate Yom Hashoah and the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. We also extend our deepest condolences to the victi... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Wednesday reintroduced bipartisan legislation, HR 2435, to help military veterans heal and seek treatment through outdoor recreation, by providing them better access to federal lands. “Veterans hospitals are renowned for intricate and comprehensive specialty surgeries and treatments, but we can and should do more,” said Smith, former Veterans Committee Chairman and author of the Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act (P.L. 108-422), which authorized new research and ... Read more

All 12 House Members of the NJ Delegation are imploring the President of Garden City Community College (GCCC), Ryan Ruda, to authorize an external, independent investigation into the tragic death of 19 year-old GCCC football player Braeden Bradforth from Neptune, NJ. In a letter to President Ruda, led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the NJ Members stated that “on behalf of Braeden’s surviving family members and friends from our State, the New Jersey delegation joins in the request for an external, i... Read more

Stephen Edelson, Asbury Park Press Published 9:47 a.m. ET April 24, 2019 | Updated 2:37 p.m. ET April 30, 2019 On April 23, less than two weeks after Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., appeared to broker a long-awaited meeting between the president of a Kansas college and the grieving mother of a former Neptune High School football standout who died there last summer, the face-to-face encounter was put on hold. Now more lawmakers are getting involved. All 12 New Jersey members of the House of Representat... Read more

New Jersey’s U.S. House delegation called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the heatstroke death of a Kansas community college football player from their state. The state’s 12 representatives wrote to Garden City Community College President Ryan Ruda requesting the probe of 19-year-old Braeden Bradforth’s death. Bradforth, who was a defensive lineman from Neptune High School, died in August about an hour and a half after practice. An autopsy report from December blamed his death on e... Read more

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities' (AUCD) host of "Tuesdays with Liz" recently interviewed Congressman Chris Smith to discuss what Smith's recently introduced legislation, the Autism CARES Act of 2019, does and why it is important that Congress re-authorize funding for CARES by September 2019. The weekly video series highlights current issues in disability policy, and is hosted by Liz Weintraub, a long-time disability advocate, and produced by AUCD. Congressman Smith provides... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on the bombings in Sri Lanka: “We pray for the souls of those killed in Sri Lanka. At this time, this heinous act appears to be the work of Islamic radicals, who targeted foreigners as well as Christians who were in Church celebrating Easter. This atrocity underscores that Christians are the single most persecuted religious minority in the world today—according... Read more

By WOBM Radio Morning News Anchor Vin Ebenau Jersey Shore Republican Congressman Chris Smith spent the beginning of Tax Week joined by NJ charitable and philanthropic organizations as he advocates for his new bipartisan legislation to give taxpayers maximum flexibility to make tax-deductible charitable contributions. “In the first tax year since the 2017 tax law was enacted, we’ve already seen reports of a decline in the number of donors to charitable causes,” Smith said. “We need to fix the tax... Read more