Rep. Chris Smith through the years 11 PHOTOS 12:37 a.m. EST Nov. 18, 2018 Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., left, addresses the media in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, April 9, 2001, about aspects of the human rights situation within Cuba. At center Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla. At right Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. AP PHOTO/DONALD STAMPFLI Chris Smith, the Republican incumbent candidate for New Jersey's 4th congressional district, addresses a gathering after he was called the winner over Democ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith today introduced legislation that could supplement the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) major medical care programs with outdoor recreational therapy for military veterans. “Studies have shown that outdoor recreation can also produce holistic, therapeutic benefits for veterans, and this is yet another treatment option that we should consider for veterans who want it,” said Smith. “Our military service men and women deserve support in every way, and we should explore all avenu... Read more

It’s time to develop a better test for Lyme disease. That was the most pressing recommendation of a report to Congress by a federal working group convened to address tick-borne diseases. The 100-page report, the first of three over a four-year period, is crucial because it represents consensus on how to deal with Lyme after decades of disagreement among government officials and medical experts. The discord, advocates for Lyme patients say, caused an explosion of cases throughout the country. REL... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today introduced bipartisan legislation condemning the internment of over a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and forced renunciation of faith occurring in the region. Smith was joined on the legislation by lead Democratic cosponsor Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) and eight other Members of Co... Read more

The 2018 Tick-Borne Disease Working Group Report to Congress—the very first report by the new HHS Working Group—confirms what Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and other advocates have long warned of, that incidents of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are increasing and that more federal attention to the problem is needed, Smith said on Wednesday. “As this report clearly shows, Lyme disease is spreading—in the overall number of cases, in the geographic area of occurrences, and in the number of d... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) congratulated Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health & Science in Neptune on Wednesday, on being recognized as one of the top-performing schools in the country with a National Blue Ribbon School honor by the U.S. Department of Education. “There are few greater priorities we should have as a country than the education of our children, and I am thrilled that Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health & Science is being honored as a national Blue Ribbon School for its... Read more

The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to pass Rep. Smith’s legislation, HR 6651, to extend the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for another five years, continuing a successful international AIDS relief program that has saved tens of millions of lives. “[S]ince 2003 the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or ‘PEPFAR,’ has saved an estimated 16 million lives, and 13 countries today are on track to control their HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020,” Smith said on the House Floo... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) congratulated St. Catharine School in Spring Lake on Tuesday on being recognized as one of the top-performing schools in the country with a National Blue Ribbon School honor by the U.S. Department of Education. “There are few greater priorities we should have as a country than the education of our children, and I am thrilled that St. Catharine is being honored as a national Blue Ribbon School for its exemplary record in this regard,” Rep. Smith stated. “St. Cathari... Read more

“I extend my heartfelt and sincere gratitude to all the men and women who have served our country in the Armed Forces. We all owe a tremendous debt to service members and their families, and today we pay tribute to them for their service. “On this, the 100-year commemoration of Armistice Day, we remember especially the sacrifices of American soldiers who fought for our country in World War I.” Rep. Chris Smith is the former chairman of the Veterans Committee and author of 14 laws helping veteran... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Friday that the South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority (SMRSA) was honored by the EPA “for excellence and innovation within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.” “I am pleased to announce that South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority has been recognized for its innovation in making its wastewater pump stations more resilient to large floods like in Hurricane Sandy,” Smith, who in 2013 helped SMRSA obtain a much-needed increase in its reimbursem... Read more