U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, is helping to lead the U.S. Delegation’s efforts to pass several human rights resolutions at the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more

About $90 million in federal homeland security funding will be heading to New Jersey to improve security on transit systems and help local first responders prepare to respond to terror attacks, Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chris Smith, Jim Saxton, and Frank LoBiondo announced today. Read more

Recognizing his extensive leadership on the issue of combating anti-Semitism, Secretary of State Colin Powell has appointed Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) as a member of the United States delegation to an historic conference on anti-Semitism scheduled to be held next month in Berlin. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, issued the following statement today in response to the Bush Administration’s decision to introduce, and seek passage of, a resolution at the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would censure the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for its widespread abuse of basic human rights. Smith authored a resolution that passed the House and urged the U.S. to take such action. Read more

The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine progress made in establishing a human rights-based approach in policing in Northern Ireland and to explore remaining problems that must be addressed in order to secure maximum accountability and public confidence in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that Howell Township, Monmouth County, has won a $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office to hire four new police officers. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4), Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, was honored today by The American Legion as the sole recipient of the organization’s 2004 Distinguished Public Service Award. Previous recipients of the award include former Senators John Glenn, Howard Baker, and former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil. The American Legion was founded in 1919 and has over 2.7 million members, as well as a Ladies Auxiliary with an additional million members. Read more

After two years of hard work, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that the Department of Defense has agreed to place one of only 12 new Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams in New Jersey. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, was unanimously appointed to a special international trafficking post during the winter session of the Organization for Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, held in Vienna, Austria this week. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following statement today on reports that human embryos have been cloned in South Korea: Read more