Congressman Chris Smith made the following statement today regarding the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s award of $1.2 million to Trenton for several Brownfield cleanup projects throughout the city. Read more

Congressmen Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) and Jim Saxton (R-Mount Holly) have asked the chief of the Army Corps of Engineers and the heads of the military’s other contracting and engineering entities to take immediate actions to prevent undocumented employees from working as contract employees at our nation’s military installations. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith is in Vienna today as part of a State Department delegation representing the United States at the first-ever OSCE international conference tasked with further developing and strengthening practices to combat anti-Semitism. Read more

President George Bush signed into law legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, that expands and enhances a loan program that predominantly benefits women living in impoverished developing nations. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations and the prime author of the nation’s landmark law against human trafficking, made the following statement today regarding the release of the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which monitors human trafficking in other nations. Read more

More than $7 million to support continued research and development into two critical aircraft carrier initiatives being done at Navy Lakehurst have been added to the Fiscal Year 2004 Defense Authorization bill through a provision offered by Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton). The bill is expected to pass the House late today or early tomorrow. Read more

Legislation authorizing nearly $23 million worth of projects for the Naval Air Engineering Station (Navy Lakehurst) cleared the House Armed Services Committee and is likely headed to the House Floor for a vote next week. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith’s legislation that would help the poor – especially women – in developing nations obtain small business loans to improve their lives passed the House of Representatives today for the second straight year. It now heads to the Senate. Read more

Nearly $20 million in federal homeland security funds will be made available to the state of New Jersey, federal officials announced today. The announcement follows weeks of prodding by the state’s Congressional delegation, including a meeting last week with Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Co-Chairman of the Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE – also known as the Autism Caucus), made the following statement today regarding the California Department of Developmental Services’ latest report on autism spectrum disorders. Read more