Those responsible for murder and other human rights abuses of Catholics in Con Dau, Vietnam should be investigated and held accountable, said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith today at a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Read more

The new and controversial final rule by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services that becomes effective today, undermines anti-sex trafficking and prostitution protections, and will open the floodgates of U.S. taxpayer money to organizations which cooperate or turn a blind eye to sex trafficking and prostitution. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4th) was awarded 2010 Legislator of the Year Award by the National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC), a group that works across the country to provide services for individuals with disabilities. Read more

Congressmen Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Jim Moran (VA-08) today unveiled a bipartisan resolution focused on Japan that calls on the Asian nation to address the increasing problem of international parental child abduction and the sorrow and frustration suffered by the parents left behind. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith today visited the site of St. Francis Medical Center's federal PACE—Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly—the first such service in the State, for which Smith helped get federal approval. Read more

After more than two years of meticulous, thorough negotiations, legislation to protect children from child sexual predators seeking to travel abroad was cleared today by the major House of Representatives panel that oversees US foreign policy and international bilateral agreements. The International Megan’s Law, H.R. 5138, authored by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), establishes a model framework for international law enforcement notifications when convicted child sex offenders pose a danger for children in a destination country. Read more

In a Special Order of Congress, the House of Representatives held a tribute to the late Congressman Bob Franks in the U.S. Capitol Building tonight, led by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4th), Dean of the New Jersey Delegation. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith today announced that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) of $807,051 has been approved for a new dock in Brick Township. Read more

Rep. Chris Smith welcomed Haitian orphan Marie Rose Michaud at her new home, presenting her with a U.S. flag. Click here to read the Times of Trenton account of Rev. Jean Fils Michaud and Mrs. Marie Michaud's long ordeal to give Marie Rose a new start on life. Read more

At a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee entitled "The Google Predicament: Transforming U.S. Cyberspace Policy to Advance Democracy, Security, and Trade," Congressman Chris Smith, a senior member of the committee, addressed his colleagues about the need to protect internet freedom with his bill, HR 2271, the Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA), a bill backed by Google, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders and other human rights and journalist organizations... Read more