By SNN - Congressman Chris Smith met this week in Freehold with constituents impacted by Type 1 diabetes (T1D), as well as advocates and leaders of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Their mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) who chairs the Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, announced today that funding of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) biomedical research focused on “curing and delaying onset and mitigating symptoms” of Alzheimer’s disease will jump to $2.3 billion—a 400 percent increase in just five years. The funding is included in the House appropriations bill that passed on Wednesday. “This legislation is another great step toward one day reaching a cure for this dreaded disea... Read more

The appropriations bill, which Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) supported and which passed the House on Wednesday, includes critical upgrades in equipment, troop strength, and healthcare for the U.S. Armed Forces. “Our country’s servicemen and women deserve our utmost support, and I am proud to say this legislation provides them with a much-needed boost,” Smith stated. “For too long, we have been relying on continuing resolutions to fund our military and, as our military leaders have warned, it was sappi... Read more

The application period for new federal grants to firefighters and first responders, through the FY 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, is now open and will end Friday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. EST, and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) encouraged local fire departments to apply. “This grant program provides crucial support for the safety and effectiveness of the men and women serving our communities as firefighters and EMS personnel,” said Smith, a long-time member of the Congressional Fire Ser... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Tuesday that CPC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. was awarded a $2 million federal grant to expand its services for those with mental health and substance abuse disorders. “I am pleased to announce this grant funding, which will go to support critical mental health and substance abuse treatment at CPC Behavioral,” Smith said. “Amidst rising rates of mental illness and substance abuse—especially in the opioid epidemic—we need robust funding of comprehensive,... Read more

The U.S. Air Force has issued the final decision to send 24 KC-46A tankers to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst after study found there would be no significant impact on the local environment, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Monday. “The joint base has cleared a major hurdle for the much-anticipated arrival of the KC-46A tankers,” said Smith, dean of the New Jersey congressional delegation who in July, 2016 led a delegation letter urging the Air Force to designate JB-MDL for the tankers. Smi... Read more

By The Community News - September 24, 2018 Miguel Hernandez Colon, of Hamilton Township, received military medals Aug. 28, more than 66 years after the veteran enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Korea. Hernandez, 85, enlisted Feb. 27, 1952 and served through March 10, 1954. In front of many of the veteran’s children, grandchildren and other friends and family at the Active Day of Hamilton Adult Day Care Center on Whitehead Road in Hamilton, Rep. Chris Smith presented Hernandez with f... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) welcomed His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, for the consecration of Archangel Michael Church in Howell, NJ. Sunday. Smith told Pope Tawadros that there are many in other faiths and denominations, who know, admire and respect him, and support the persecuted Coptic community. “I chaired several congressional hearings on Coptic Christians and their many challenges,” Smith said. “It is a faith that has persevered ... Read more

By Staff Writer Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was the unofficial homecoming king Friday evening as he stepped foot inside his old high school for a special ceremony on a special night. “I am very much moved by this ceremony,” Alito said to an audience of dignitaries, school officials and former classmates in the newly renovated Steinert High School library, which now honors him for the ages. “I can’t think of a place where I would rather have my name associated ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) today joined hundreds of family members and supporters of Alzheimer’s patients in Point Pleasant Beach at the 2018 Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s, hosted by Alzheimer’s New Jersey. The group’s President and CEO Kenneth Zaentz, Mayor Steve Reid and other leaders were also present to kick off the walk. Teams of walkers raised money for Alzheimer’s New Jersey’s services for local Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers; 100 percent of the funds raised at the walk will su... Read more