At an award ceremony held yesterday evening just minutes from the White House, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of a House panel on Global Human Rights, was awarded the “Trafficking In Persons Hero Award” by the Airline Ambassadors for his unrelenting fight against human trafficking and those who perpetrate it. “We are all in this together,” said Smith, who is the author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TPVA) of 2000. “Cooperation and coordination are key to mitigating—... Read more

Two state senators have recently thrown their hats in the ring, opposing a utility project that would run through the heart of Monmouth County. Along with them, a local grassroots group, which has seen support grow steadily since inception, is doing everything it can to fight the project. Senators Joseph Kyrillos and Jennifer Beck (both R-Monmouth) have recently introduced three resolutions to the state Senate which would call for various entities across New Jersey to oppose the Monmouth County ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency to host a firefighters and EMS grant workshop on Friday, September 23 at the Jackson Mills Fire House (Station 54), in Jackson Township. The purpose of the workshop was to guide fire officials with important tips for successfully competing for FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG). “This is an excellent grant program and the application period for 2016 funding is expected to open in a few weeks,” said Smith, wh... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) helped launch the “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” event at Veterans Park in Hamilton today, thanking the hundreds of walkers and volunteers for turning out to support the event. Smith, co-founder and co-chair of the House of Representatives Alzheimer’s Caucus, was invited by the host Alzheimer’s Association to welcome walkers and speak about the fight to stop a disease that in New Jersey claims an estimated 170,000 victims who suffer from this form of dementia, and impact... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) released the following statement on President Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (S. 2040): For those who have lost loved ones on 9/11 time has not diminished the suffering, nor has it brought accountability to those responsible and, certainly, has not brought closure. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act will change that, to some degree, by overturning the legal barriers that have stood between the victims and the justice they rightly... Read more

At the request and in conjunction with Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), the Federal Emergency Management Agency will hold a firefighters and EMS grant workshop at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 23 at the Jackson Mills Fire House (Station 54), just off I-195 in Jackson Township. The purpose of the workshop will be to help fire officials gain important tips for successfully competing for FEMA grants. “This is an excellent grant program and the application period for 2016 funding is expected to open ... Read more

At a hearing convened today by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), witnesses unanimously expressed support for Smith’s recently introduced Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 5961), bipartisan legislation that provides relief to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria, and accountability for perpetrators. “The atrocities in Iraq and Syria have been so horrible, for so long, with so little action from the Administration, that it has bee... Read more

A bill that strengthens the ability of the United States to secure extradition of wanted fugitives and bring them home to face justice, sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Global Human Rights and International Organizations, today cleared a first and important hurdle and was adopted by the Subcommittee. The bill has 20 bipartisan co-sponsors—10 Republicans and 10 Democrats—and has now been referred to the full Committee for consideration. The Walter Patterson a... Read more

By Greg Wright | For NJ.com The Times, Trenton - One day before the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act, the Hamilton-based New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence learned it was to be the recipient of $91,641 in grant funding. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th Dist.) visited New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV) last week where he announced the awarding of the grant. The funding grant program was established in the Victims of Trafficking and Prote... Read more

By HERB JACKSON WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT | The Record - A House committee takes up a bill today, sparked by outrage over relaxed restrictions on Cuba, that would require the White House to tell Congress what it is doing to extradite killers who have fled the United States. AP FILE PHOTO Joanne Chesimard The bill is named in honor of Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster, victims of killers who escaped New Jersey prisons and are believed to be living in Portugal and Cuba. New Jersey officials have... Read more