Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today announced that two local municipalities have received substantial grants from the federal Homeland Security Overtime Program (HSOP) that was established to help local governments pay some of the increased costs that have arisen due to increased concerns about the threat of terrorism.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), the author of the landmark U.S. law against human trafficking (PL 106-386), praised President Bush for his leadership and his call today for member states of the United Nations to step-up efforts to eradicate modern-day human slavery.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), joined by several of his colleagues in Congress, today officially launched the newly formed Congressional Spina Bifida Caucus, which will help patients and families who suffer from the nation’s most common permanently disabling birth defect.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), author of the U.S.’s law against human trafficking, today welcomed the continued progress foreign nations are making in the war against human slavery due, in large part, to the threat of economic sanctions Smith’s law (PL 106-386) provides for. “When my law was being debated in Congress more than three years ago, there were many people who did not want to name names of offending nations because they felt doing so would offend. At the time I argued that the n...
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Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, today spoke out in support of Dr. Charles Li, a U.S. citizen and Falun Gong practitioner who has been imprisoned in China since early this year.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that Lakewood Township, the third largest municipality in the Fourth District, has secured a $375,000 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant from the federal government.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today announced that the Trenton Fire Department has received a $159,600 grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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The Bush Administration has taken aggressive action to significantly expand and enhance efforts to fight human trafficking and ensure that the U.S. military does not engage in activity with women who are victims of human slavery, according to an investigative report released yesterday.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) is being honored tonight by Friends of Navy Lakehurst for his consistent leadership and hard work in preventing the military from closing the Naval Air Engineering Station located here. The dinner, being held at the Circle Landmark, will also honor Friends of Navy Lakehurst President Emil Kaunitz.
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