Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Pro Life Caucus, made the following statement on the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, which today cleared the Senate and will soon be signed into law by President Bush: Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today announced that more than $450,000 in federal aid is heading to Trenton to provide additional support to a critical project needed to remediate a region along the Assunpink Creek that was severely affected by Hurricane Floyd. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, helped broker a historic compromise today that will fix a 100-year-old problem and provide hundreds of thousands of veterans with full disability payments for the first time ever. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) announced today that a leading autism researcher at Rutgers University has earned a $3.7 million federal grant to further investigate the genetics associated with the communications disorder. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today urged regional and national Postal Service officials to reverse a plan to reduce days of operation at two key post offices in Hamilton and Trenton. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today announced that Burlington City has been awarded a $100,000 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant to improve security in the city’s schools. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, (R-Hamilton), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, joined local educators, students, and veterans at Brookdale Community College this morning to mark the final phase-in of a veterans college education law he authored that increases the GI Bill by a record 46 percent. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, today announced that more than $1.5 million has been allocated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for expansion and enhancement of the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, Burlington County. Read more

The House of Representatives has passed a $368 billion Fiscal Year 2004 Defense Appropriations bill (HR 2658) that specifically directs $4 million to further support a critical aircraft carrier technology project being developed at Navy Lakehurst, Congressmen Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) and Jim Saxton (R-Mt. Holly) announced today. The bill passed the House 356-67. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) made the following statement on yesterday’s federal court ruling invalidating the National Do-Not-Call registry and today’s subsequent action by Congress to ensure the registry can be implemented. Smith voted in support of the measure, which passed 412 to 8. Read more