In ceremonies that celebrated courage and duty during the post office’s darkest days, officials and postal employees yesterday marked the anniversary of the anthrax attacks that contaminated the Route 130 plant and sickened five workers 10 years ago. Union leaders and postal officials reminisced not only about the anxiety that gripped workers in the wake of the 2001 bioterrorism attack, but also the spirit of unity that helped rebuild the postal facility as well as trust in America’s mail system... Read more

Members of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Central Jersey Chapter met with Congressman Chris Smith this week at his Mercer/Burlington Constituent Service Center. Families that attended expressed appreciation for the Congressman's support of funding for research and for other initiatives that could one day lead to a better life and possibly even a cure for those afflicted by Type 1 Diabetes. Federal efforts to find a cure and facilitate new treatments were discussed. Government Relation... Read more

Ten years ago today, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), stood with workers of the U.S. Postal Service in the parking lot of the Trenton Processing and Distribution Center in Hamilton Township, N.J., as they and all the country and all the world struggled to grasp the impact of an anthrax attack and the threat it presented to the people who worked at the plant and beyond. Over 200 postal workers from two shifts attended today’s commemoration held in the same facility’s parking lot, including severa... Read more

Human rights violations in China, including political, religious, free press and labor rights abuses are documented in a new comprehensive report released this week by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. At a press conference held at the House Press Gallery, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), a commissioner, discussed the abuses contained in the new report. “China has... Read more

In response to reports that the British government has reneged on its commitment to hold an inquiry into the murder of human rights attorney Patrick Finucane, the statement below is issued by co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Committee on Irish Affairs, Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Rep. Eliot Engel and Rep. Joseph Crowley, as well as Rep. Richard Neal, senior Democrat on the Friends of Ireland Caucus. “We cannot but feel a deep sense of outrage over the decision of the British government not to launch a ful... Read more

Over thirty years ago, a young Chris Smith could never have fathomed the long journey down the road that would lead to the House of Representative in Congress. As a boy growing up in New Jersey, he had an affinity for boats and his greatest aspirations were to be a Navy man or work for the Coast Guard. Yet fate had visions unimaginable to the Jersey youngster. Today, Congressman Smith reflects on his early days as a tenacious young man determined to make his way through the swift waters of polit... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House panel on international human rights and chairman of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), today called for the British government to honor its commitment to a lasting and just peace in Northern Ireland and launch a full, independent, public judicial inquiry into the 1989 murder of human rights lawyer Patrick Finucane. Reports indicate British Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State for N... Read more

The following op-ed was written by Cong. Chris Smith for Fox News.com: A silent plague is afflicting our country. As if out of a horror movie, our children are disappearing one by one from our communities, families, and homes—1,492 disappeared in 2010 alone. More than 2,200 are missing today, right now, perhaps from your city, certainly from your state. Like a casualty by friendly fire, the fact that the kidnappers are family members and former spouses only compounds the harm. International chi... Read more

When Rep. Chris Smith takes on an issue on behalf of his constituents, he is tenacious. And he gets things done. The latest example was seen last week with the passage of the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act, a bill that authorizes $693 million in spending on autism research over the next three years. It is a big sum, and badly needed. Autism has become an epidemic in this country, and New Jersey is particularly vulnerable. About 1 in 110 children nationally and 1 in 94 in New Jersey have an... Read more

A bill to step up the fight against a scourge that brings unfathomable misery and suffering to millions of innocent victims around the world—especially young women, children and exploited workers—was approved by a House Committee today. H.R. 2830, The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011, is authored by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04). The legislation, which combats sex trafficking and labor trafficking, accurately referred to as modern day slavery whose victims are often c... Read more