Six years to the day after Bernard Ebner, a Vietnam War Navy veteran, lost his home of 46 years in Union Beach in Monmouth County and most of his possessions to the fury of Superstorm Sandy as it ravaged the Jersey Shore on Oct. 29-30, 2012, he received five important items back. U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) presented replacement medals to an emotional Ebner, 69, and his wife Linda, who shared in her husband’s presentation today. They restarted their lives about six years ago by moving t... Read more

Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Peter Roskam (R-IL), the Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, issued the following statement in reaction to the Saturday attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh: “Saturday's attack, the deadliest assault on the Jewish community in US history, took the lives of 11 inno... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) addressed the American Legion Department of New Jersey at its Centennial Gala in Point Pleasant on Saturday. “On the eve of American Legion’s founding a century ago—in September of 1919—it behooves every American to take note and acknowledge a century of extraordinary accomplishments,” Smith said. “The Legion has played an absolutely essential role in ensuring that veterans and their families are honored in both word and deed and that America’s military capabilities are s... Read more

"With many details yet unknown, our hearts are broken for the victims of the mass shooting of a Jewish congregation during Saturday morning worship at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Americans need to unite against all acts of violence, including barbaric manifestations of anti-Semitic hate as seen in today’s shooting. "Our thanks to the brave and swift response by first responders who prevented additional causalities. We hope and pray that the injured, including police officers, will ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the prime author of two historic stem cell laws—the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-129) and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-104)—will be honored on Friday in Minnesota by the National Marrow Donor Program. Both umbilical cord blood and bone marrow stem cells are today used for medical treatments for more than 70 diseases and conditions such as leukemia and sickle cell disease. Smith’s two laws: · Created the first Na... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who chairs the congressional panel that oversees global health issues, today introduced legislation, HR 7091, to help stop illicit fentanyl trafficking to the U.S. from China, and hold both government officials in China and Chinese private citizens accountable. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) is the lead Democrat on the bipartisan bill. “Synthetic fentanyl produced in China and exported to the U.S. is ravaging our communities,” said Smith, who recently chaired a Subcommittee hear... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi: “The extrajudicial killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi government officials while on the grounds of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he went to obtain a marriage license, shocks the conscience. It is for cases such as this that Congress passed the Global Magnitsky Act—a bill for which I was the House author. Those who perpetra... Read more

A man jailed since July for a death threat against U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) pleaded guilty Friday in a Monmouth County New Jersey Court. On July 26, Mr. DeReal Finklin, 43, posted threatening messages online including “Dead Man Walking” next to a picture of Congressman Smith. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Finklin, pled guilty to Cyber Harassment, a 4th degree felony. As a part of his factual basis he stated that he knowingly used his Facebook account, Israe... Read more

Joining fellow advocates and supporters from throughout the Monmouth and Ocean County region in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) today addressed more than a thousand marchers and helped cut the ribbon at the start of the Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer's, held in his congressional district in Bradley Beach. Smith is the co-founder and co-chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's disease, and a long-time advocate for Alzhe... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith met Friday with officials from Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. (OCEAN Inc.) and its affiliate Lakewood Economic Action Program, Inc. (LEAP) to discuss their federally-supported social services for the Ocean County region. Smith was invited by Channell Wilkins, Chief Executive Officer of OCEAN Inc. Community Action Agency, headquartered at 40 Washington Street Toms River, NJ, and LEAP Board member Samuel Rabinowitz to discuss head Start's plan to consolidate oper... Read more