Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) will again host his Service Academy information session for Fourth District middle and high school students interested in learning more about serving our nation through service in a United States Service Academy. Read more

The House International Relations Committee today held a rare recess hearing calling on Cuban President Fidel Castro to free scores of human rights activists recently sentenced to draconian jail terms because of their pro-democracy views. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, whose district includes the Hamilton Post Office that has been closed since October 2001 because of anthrax contamination, made the following statement today regarding the Postal Service’s plans for decontaminating and reopening the building. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, today fought on the House floor to secure passage of a resolution condemning the regime of Fidel Castro in Cuba for its gross violations of human rights. Read more

The House International Relations Committee Europe Subcommittee today approved Vice Chairman Chris Smith’s (NJ-4) Belarus Democracy Act of 2003. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, has been joined by 30 bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing the Vietnam Human Rights Act today. Read more

The House International Relations Committee today passed a $15 billion AIDS bill that contains a key amendment authored by Vice Chairman Chris Smith that would bar any of the money in the bill from going to organizations that do not have policies opposing sex trafficking and prostitution. Smith, who wrote the nation’s first comprehensive law to address human trafficking and the sex slave industry, hailed the amendment as a win for human rights. “My amendment approved today addresses two of the m... Read more

The House of Representatives today passed legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith that would expand the United State’s commitment to the peace process in Northern Ireland by authorizing $50 million over two years for the International Fund for Ireland. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4), a graduate of The College of New Jersey (then Trenton State College, class of 1975), announced today that the college has won a two-year federal education grant worth nearly $170,000 to fund a new international business program. Read more

In the final negotiations before passage of the House Republican budget, America's veterans won significant funding increases for FY 2004. Read more