The House of Representatives today passed legislation containing a provision authored by Congressmen Chris Smith, Jim Saxton, and Frank LoBiondo that will improve security on military bases by authorizing stricter background checks and new skill standards for all contract employees. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who recently helped lead the U.S. delegation to the historic Berlin Summit on anti-Semitism, met with President Bush today to report on legislative initiatives undertaken to implement recommendations made by the conference. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), who has garnered millions of dollars in federal funds to launch the renovation and reconstruction of the NJ Transit-owned train station in the capitol city, today welcomed the announcement that the state is at last moving to advance and complete the project. Read more

Freehold Borough High School student Katie Janwich won first-place honors in the annual Fourth Congressional District Art Contest, besting 92 other entries submitted by students throughout the district. Read more

Judge Peter Cory – the former Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court charged with reviewing several high-profile murders in Northern Ireland and Ireland, detailed evidence of collusion in the killings before a hearing of the U.S. Helsinki Commission today. Read more

Judge Peter Cory, a former Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court who was appointed by both Great Britain and Ireland to investigate allegations of collusion in a number of high-profile murders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, will testify before the United States Helsinki Commission at a hearing called for and chaired by Commission Chairman Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton). Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, today delivered a major policy speech in Berlin focusing on what nations of the world can do to combat anti-Semitism. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE), teamed up with former Miami Dolphin Quarterback Dan Marino to fight for increased federal funding for autism research. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) is pleased to announce that St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton will be receiving millions of dollars in additional federal aid under provisions included in the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) joined military commanders and local officials and community leaders today to break ground for a multi-million state-of-the-art program that will design the next generation of catapults used to launch fighter planes from aircraft carriers. Read more