U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today departed on a trip to Nigeria where he will press for an end to human trafficking and monitor U.S. assistance to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in a country with the world’s third highest-rate of HIV/AIDS-afflicted persons.
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February 13, 2007MR. SMITH of New Jersey: Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the co-Chairs of the Iraq Study Group, former Secretary of State James Baker and former House Foreign Affairs Chairman Lee Hamilton, wrote late last year: “There is no magic formula to solve the problems of Iraq. However, there are actions that can be taken to improve the situation and protect American interests. “Many Americans are dissatisfied,” they go on to say, “not just with the situati...
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New statistical data provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that shows 1 in every 101 New Jersey children have a form of autism is proof that federal government needs to invest more in autism research and treatment programs, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)—Co-Chairman of the Congressional Coalition on Autism Research and Education (C.A.R.E.)—said today.
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In an effort to address the escalating number of Lyme disease cases in New Jersey and across the nation, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced today that he has introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize a $100 million, five-year plan to dramatically expand Lyme disease research and education.
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Burlington Township Fire Department received over $78,000 in federal funds to upgrade safety equipment and to provide physicals to its firefighters, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) and Burlington Twp. Fire Commission officials announced today.
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The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that calls on the British government to continue to advance the recent historic progress in the Northern Ireland peace process by following through on their promise of full “independent public judicial” investigation into the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane.
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When Speaker Nancy Pelosi boldly proclaimed this month that this would be a Congress that remembers the children, I couldn’t help but think that this smart, savvy grandmother of 6, who now wields the most powerful gavel in the world, was forgetting someone.
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The day after the release of a devastating report detailing collusion between a Protestant paramilitary organization and police in Northern Ireland, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) calling on the government of the of the United Kingdom to begin a full “independent public judicial” investigation of the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane.
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