“China in Africa” was the title of a hearing chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, on Wednesday, March 7. Testifying at Smith’s hearing were: Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst on Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation, Scott Morris, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Anita Plummer, Ph... Read more

Representatives Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) introduced a three-year reauthorization of their Global Food Security Act, reaffirming the United States’ commitment to fighting hunger and poverty worldwide. The bipartisan Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 5129) ensures that the vital Feed the Future Initiative continues through 2021. This new bipartisan legislation builds upon Representatives Smith and McCollum’s Global Food Security Act of 2016, which fo... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant of Star Ledger/NJ.com Don't expect to see oil rigs off the Jersey Shore. That was the message the state's Republican lawmakers walked away with following a meeting Tuesday with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. "If it's not off the table, it will soon be off the table," said Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., one of four GOP representatives from the state who joined other Atlantic Coast lawmakers and Zinke at the U.S. Capitol. That was the message the state’s Republican lawmakers ... Read more

Yesterday members of the New Jersey delegation, including U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Tom MacArthur (NJ-03), met with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke regarding the Administration’s proposal to open over 90 percent of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas exploration and drilling. The members expressed their serious concerns over the proposal to Zinke and urged him to exempt New Jersey from the list of states for the proposed offshore drilling expansion. “We made it quite cl... Read more

"Zimbabwe After Mugabe” was the title of a hearing chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, on Wednesday, Feb. 28. After the country’s long-time strongman Robert Mugabe was ousted from power by the military last fall, and with elections scheduled for later this year, the country stands at a crossroads, Smith said. Future prospects for authentic democracy and rule of law reforms hang ... Read more

By APP Staff Writer Bob Jordan There’s been a wave of prominent members of Congress deciding not to run for reelection, but U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said there was no chance he’d get swept up. Smith on Friday said that he’s looking forward to competing in the midterm elections and serving another term in New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District, which includes parts of Monmouth and Ocean counties, and he doubled down on his refusal to host in-person town halls. “I love this job. There was a... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ,), chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, issued the following statement ahead of planned marches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this Sunday calling for a peaceful democratic transition of power: “I stand in solidarity with the citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who will march for in support of a peaceful democratic transition of power this Sunday,” said Smith. “I call upon the ... Read more

By APP Staff Writer Jerry Carino - There is a photograph in Bill Kelly’s room in the Claremont Center nursing home. It’s of him, wearing a Manasquan High School football uniform, on Thanksgiving 1942. “I left high school the next day,” he said. “I went New York that Friday and enlisted in the Navy.” South Belmar native Bill Kelly, a World War II hero who survived a kamikaze attack, recently was presented with a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol.(Photo: Peter Ackerman) There is another photo, ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Wednesday will participate in the Capitol Hill presentation of the “Outstanding 9-1-1 Call Center Award” to Monmouth County’s 911 Center for its “overall excellence in serving the public.” Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) addressed a rally of local citizens, business owners, environmental organizations and elected officials at the Hilton Gardens on Route 130 in Hamilton, NJ on Wednesday from his D.C. office, in between scheduled votes. The citizen rally “Valentine’s Day of Ocean Emotion” was formed to draw attention to environmental and business concerns over the Administration’s proposal to open over 90 percent of U.S. coastal waters—including off the New Jersey coast—to oil and g... Read more