Key provisions from Smith’s Kevin and Avonte’s Law (HR 4221)—designed to help protect and locate children with Autism and elderly persons with Alzheimer’s who wander— were included in the Omnibus bill signed into law last week. The spending package authorized $10 million in funding over five years for the Missing Americans Alert Program. “The new provisions and the added funding will support critical wandering prevention programs that have saved lives, and will continue to save lives,” Rep. Chr... Read more

A bill introduced by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) to name the U.S. Post Office in Belmar, NJ after Dr. Walter S. McAfee, a distinguished local scientist who helped develop the communications capability for the U.S. to enter the Space Age, was signed into law last week. “I am grateful that we can honor this man, Dr. Walter S. McAfee, a trailblazer who did so much for our country and for the Fort Monmouth community,” Rep. Smith stated. “Dr. McAfee was not just known for his accomplished career ... Read more

Today, Congressmen Christopher Smith (R-NJ-04) and Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-13) sent a letter urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to abandon its current proposal to outsource federal oversight of facilities regulated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to private industry. This proposal would seriously compromise the integrity of the AWA inspection process and undermine protections for millions of animals at commercial breeding operations, medical laboratories, zoos, and other f... Read more

Local New Jersey fire departments can apply for federal grant funding to train more “front line” firefighters beginning on Monday, March 26, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has announced. The grant program is the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, which will provide $345 million in total grants for local fire departments and volunteer interest organizations around the country. The program is run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency... Read more

Congressman Smith met with Freehold Township High School students (from left) Victoria Varlack, Joshua Eiger and Riya Prasad, all of Manalapan Township, before the "March for Our Lives" rally on Saturday in Freehold they organized to bring attention to gun violence in our schools and our nation. Rep. Smith and the students shared views about legislation, the Second Amendment, Congress and related matters. Rep. Smith issued the following statement after the meeting: “Although the spending bill th... Read more

The following is U.S. Rep. Chris Smith's (NJ-04) statement for the St. Patrick Day Parade. held in Mercer County on March 24, 2018: St. Patrick’s Day Parades have long been a great public expression of faith, a celebration of our rich Irish heritage and above all, a recognition of a saint who transformed not only Ireland but the world, providing a way for us to honor, revere and praise one of the greatest saints in all of Christendom. St. Patrick, born in 387, endured six years of slavery in Ire... Read more

Although the Good Friday Agreement, signed 20 years ago on April 10, established a foundation for peace and justice for the future of Northern Ireland, critical parts of the agreement have not been fully implemented to this day, a hearing by the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), found on Thursday. Read more

The $1.3 trillion omnibus package passed by the House on Thursday, with Rep. Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) support, provides a big boost for the Gateway project and transportation in New Jersey, ensures funding of jobs at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, and also increases funding of critical Alzheimer’s and NIH research and many other areas of need. Read more

By Staff Writer Jay Cook - An administrative law judge rendered a searing decision on Jersey Central Power & Light’s proposal to build a controversial, high-voltage transmission line project through five Monmouth County towns. Judge Gail M. Cookson announced on March 8 that JCP&L “has not met its burden of proof” in determining the feasibility or need for the $111 million Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP) – a 10-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line spanning five towns from Aberdeen to Re... Read more

The 2018 Congressional Art Competition sponsored by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who holds the annual show for high school students in the Fourth Congressional District, opened today. “The student submissions in the 2017 art competition were very impressive and I am sure this year’s show will once again showcase the talents of our students,” Smith said. “We have more than 80 entries from across Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties in the Fourth Congressional District. The ‘Best-in-Show’ winn... Read more