Congressman Chris Smith toured Monmouth and Ocean Counties on Aug. 28 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. The Fourth Congressional District Smith represents includes large areas along the swollen Delaware River from Trenton in Mercer County to Burlington City in Burlington County, as well as coastal areas of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses have lost power, hundreds of homes have been flooded and residents have been forced to abandon their homes. Downed tre... Read more

The following article appeared in the Asbury Park Press: Federal and local officials pledged Tuesday to help the residents of Mariners Cove, whose homes were badly damaged in Sunday’s storm. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J, and several municipal officials visited the residents Tuesday to assess the impact of the storm and to hear their stories. They were greeted by frustrated homeowners who expressed concern about their ability to afford the clean up of their homes, worry that they would have a hard tim... Read more

This article appeared in the Thursday, Aug. 25 edition of the Coast Star: According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the population with Alzheimer’s disease is steadily growing — the association estimates 5.4 million Americans currently have the disease, and that number could grow to 16 million by 2050. In January, the National Alzheimer’s Project Act [NAPA] was passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Under the law, a strategic, national plan will be creat... Read more

Tuesday evening, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) joined the National Alzheimer's Association at a local "listening session" held in Wall Township. The "listening sessions" are being held around the country so that lawmakers can receive direct input from those who care for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease as the federal government finalizes a congressionally mandated national strategy to address the "escalating Alzheimer's crisis.” Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), the chairman of Congressional-Executive Commission on China, commented on Vice President Joe Biden’s stated support for China’s brutally enforced one child per couple policy. Read more

Published in the Wall Patch: Education on the causes, treatments and strategies for caring for people afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease was the main suggestion from a group of concerned caregivers assembled at Town Hall Tuesday. The meeting was called as an information-gathering session while crafting a national Alzheimer’s plan following the passage by Congress earlier this year of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, signed by President Barak Obama in January. The law aims to create a natio... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, a long-time human rights advocate in Congress and senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has been named chairman of the “Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China,” a congressionally-mandated, bipartisan panel made up of Members of the House and Senate and Presidential appointees serving in the Administration. Smith was appointed to the position by House Speaker John Boehner. “China has attempted to set itself up as the altern... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) was the guest on C-SPAN's national Sunday morning program, "Newsmakers" with host Greta Brawner. The crisis in Sudan and Somalia, as well as the hopes and prospects of treatment of children in the U.S. and around the world who suffer from hydrocephalus (often called "water on the brain") with a new procedure developed by an American doctor from Boston Children's Hospital, were the topics Smith discussed with Brawner and journalists Shaun Tandon of AFP and Howard L... Read more

Ethnic cleansing, murders, rapes and the growing humanitarian crisis in the Southern Kordofan region of Sudan were described in grisly detail by witnesses testifying at a congressional hearing on Thursday. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) convened the emergency hearing as chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees African issues and international human rights. Calls were made for the Obama Administration and U.S. State Department, to act to stem the escalating violence. More than 70,... Read more

Research and treatments for hydrocephalus developed by an American doctor working in Uganda that could benefit children around the world were the topics at a congressional hearing held Tuesday before of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04). “Hydrocephalus Treatment in Uganda: Leading the Way to Help Children” featured testimony on an innovative new treatment for hydrocephalus developed in Africa, and its potential applicatio... Read more