Source: Toms River Fire District No. 1. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today announced Toms River Fire District No. 1 will receive $508,256 in federal funds to help recruit and retain volunteers as part of the federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The Fire District oversees six of the township’s nine fire stations. “The vitality of Toms River’s volunteer fire department depends greatly on retaining its dedicated firefighters who selflessly risk their ... Read more

Two weeks after urging top Biden Administration officials to immediately suspend all offshore wind projects over growing concerns about recent whale deaths, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today renewed his call for a moratorium after the ninth dead whale in two months washed ashore in Manasquan on Monday: “The Biden Administration and Governor Murphy continue to ignore the resounding calls for an investigation to address the historic surge of dead whales while offshore wind development ramps u... Read more

Victoria Cardenas (left) and Berta Valle (right) share compelling testimony at a hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (July 21, 2022) on the fate of their husbands, two presidential candidates who were imprisoned by Ortega. On Thursday, their husbands were finally released from jail along with over 200 other human rights defenders. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement on t... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called attention to the grave threat of potential nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks delivered by high-altitude balloons during House consideration of a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) recent spy balloon flight over the United States. “The Chinese Communist Party is testing us,” said Smith, “and we did not rise to the challenge.” Debating in favor of the resolution on the ... Read more

Just moments before last night’s State of the Union address, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News to push for immediate passage of his legislation—the China Trade Relations Act of 2023—to revoke China’s trade privileges in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s systematic economic espionage against the United States and egregious human rights abuses: Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called for an immediate and bold response by the United States on the heels of the Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon flight: “The United States must respond boldly to the Chinese Communist Party’s outrageous violation of our national sovereignty. We cannot afford the Biden Administration’s continued weak nonresponse to the great and growing threat posed by the CCP to our national security and the liveli... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today released the following statement on the reported Chinese Communist Party spy balloon flying over the United States: “The Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon flying over our country is a serious national security incursion that must have decisive consequences. It is long past time that we as a nation have a more frank and sober conversation about the challenges and the costs of a strategic competition with... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act through 2026 to ensure children around the world have access to quality basic education. “The global investment in children’s education gives society’s youngest members—and future leaders of our world—the knowledge and opportunities needed to make positive advancements in their own communities and work toward societies that are less prone to con... Read more

|Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 5:37 p.m. By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Rep. Chris Smith on Tuesday added his voice to the chorus of concern over a series of unexplained whale deaths during the last two months, calling for a moratorium on the development of offshore wind. “Over the course of the past several months, there have been repeated instances of dead whales washing up on New Jersey’s shoreline, and the proximity of nearby offshore wind development has raised concerns tha... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who was recently selected to chair the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), has reintroduced legislation (HR 638) to revoke China’s trade privileges—known as permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status—in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocious human rights violations and ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Central Asian minorities. “Ever since President Clinton delinked trade with China from human rights in 1994, the Chinese C... Read more