At Georgian Court University in Lakewood, a new $1.9 million federal grant is helping students stay on track to timely graduation while improving overall retention rates. The U.S. Department of Education's Title III grant, payable over five years, is for GCU's Chart the Course program, which is designed to expand academic support services and bolster college completion."We established Chart the Course to help students needing non-credit skills development courses get back on track to graduating... Read more

Christians and other genocide survivors across Iraq and Syria will receive long needed relief if bipartisan legislation, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) Chairman of a House panel on Global Human rights, becomes law when Congress returns in November. Without compromising security screening to protect the United States, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 5961) will give Christians, Yazidis and members of other persecuted religious and ethnic groups a new... Read more

By Chris Smith - Thursday, September 29, 2016 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Today marks 40 years since the life-saving Hyde Amendment was first enacted. This annual appropriations amendment stops taxpayer dollars from being used to fund most abortions and abortion coverage through government programs like Medicaid. Thanks to new analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute we now know that as many as two million children — some much older now — are alive today because of the Hyde amendment. Prior to enactment... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) delivered the following remarks during the debate in the House of Representatives on the motion to override President Obama’s veto of the Justice against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA): Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to the President of the United States, the central argument in his veto message accompanying the Justice against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)—reciprocity—is weak, unsupported and egregiously flawed. The White House drafters of the veto messa... Read more

The families and friends of 9/11 victims will be given the opportunity to seek justice for the attacks as both houses of Congress voted to override the President’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (S. 2040), also known as JASTA, with the tremendous support of both parties. The law will overturn the legal barriers that have stood between these families and the ability to bring to light foreign governments and individuals who have aided and abetted terrorists, along with other... Read more

By David Levinsky, BCT staff writer - "The joint base is the lifeblood of the community. Winning the competition to base the KC-46 at (the joint base) is absolutely vital to the future economic health and well-being of our municipalities," the officials said in the letter. "This mission will help grow the local economy." The letter also cited the strong community ties between the base and surrounding schools and towns. Seventy community leaders have been named "honorary commanders" by the joint... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, delivered the following remarks to the U.S. House of Representatives: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, Friday September 30 marks 40 years since the life-saving Hyde Amendment was first enacted. This annual appropriations amendment stops taxpayer dollars from being used to fund most abortions and abortion coverage through government programs like Medicaid. (Click here to read Mr. Smith on the Congressional Re... Read more

Georgian Court University is the recipient of a new federal grant, worth more than $1.9 million over a five-year period, that will help the university expand academic support services and keep students on track for timely graduation. The award from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title III grant program is part of the federal agency’s Strengthening Institutions efforts. The Title III grant comes about a year after GCU landed a five-year, $1.4 million federal grant for TRIO-Student Support Ser... Read more

In a meeting yesterday with U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadéra thanked him for the critical U.S. support for his country thus far. Touadéra also asked Smith, Chairman of the House panel on Africa, for sustained U.S. support as his country seeks to restore democracy in the wake of still-smoldering civil conflict. CAR has endured two destructive conflicts since 2004, including an ongoing civil war that began in 2012. One of the key iss... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith, Chair of a House panel on Global Human Rights, released the following statement on the bilateral agreement between the United States and the Slovak Republic tofight against the sexual abuse of children: “We welcome Slovakia into a close partnership with our Department of Homeland Security in the fight against the sexual abuse of children by known sex offenders who travel the world to abuse in secret. This agreement means greater safety for children of both the U.S. and Slovakia... Read more