Patients who suffer from Lyme disease joined advocacy leaders and U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at a press conference Friday to mark the launching of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new national research strategy to combat Lyme disease. Priorities in the NIH multipart plan include the five pillars of: expanding knowledge of tickborne diseases; developing rapid diagnostic testing; identifying treatment success and human biomarkers of persistent symptoms; developing new treatments; and ev... Read more

The following is a statement by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the extradition of Judge Neringa Venckiene: “I strongly object to the extradition notice issued last week against Lithuanian anti-human trafficking and anti-corruption hero, Judge Neringa Venckiene,” said Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on her challenge to an extradition request from the Lithuanian government. “She exposed a trafficking ring involving government officials in Lithuani... Read more

Today, October 21, 2019, the Problem Solvers Caucus praised the passage of H.R. 724, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act of 2019, which utilized the new House “Consensus Calendar” to help get a debate and vote on the House floor. This legislation creates a federal animal cruelty statute prohibiting the most heinous acts of abuse which can occur beyond the reach of state cruelty laws. The initiative received priority consideration on the House floor by having more than 290 bipart... Read more

Bipartisan legislation named in honor of Samantha “Sami” Josephson—a senior at the University of South Carolina who was kidnapped and brutally murdered earlier this year by a predator pretending to be her Uber driver—was taken up Wednesday by the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit hearing entitled “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities.” Sami’s Law, which would establish needed protections for ride-share customers across the country, is au... Read more

Bipartisan legislation named to honor Samantha “Sami” Josephson—a senior at the University of South Carolina from Robbinsville, N.J. who was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man pretending to be her Uber driver earlier this year—will be taken up Wednesday by the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit at a hearing entitled “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities.” Sami’s Law, which would establish needed protections for ride-share customers ... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) today announced a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) to boost county programs that provide treatment, recovery support systems and relapse prevention for opioid addicts already in the corrections system. Smith praised Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden and the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders Director Thomas A. Arnone for submitting a solid proposal and winning the federal funds in a competitive grant program. The County was awarded ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the congressional Lyme Disease Caucus, today welcomed the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) announcement of a new, expansive research strategy to combat Lyme disease. Priorities in the NIH multipart plan include: expanding knowledge of tickborne diseases; developing rapid diagnostic testing; identifying treatment success and human biomarkers of persistent symptoms; developing new treatments; and evaluating prevention approaches such as vaccines. “After l... Read more

By Keldy Ortiz, Asbury Park Press - The Autism CARES Act, a bill which was co-sponsored by a New Jersey lawmaker, was signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump. The Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) provides $1.8 billion in funding for autism programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and Health Resources and Services Administration. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-Mercer, and Rep.... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) congratulated Monmouth County Communications High School in Wall, NJ on being recognized as one of the top-performing schools in the country with a National Blue Ribbon School designation issued by the U.S. Department of Education. “I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Principal Gleason, the students and staff of Communications High School for being named a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education,” said Rep. Chr... Read more

On this day, we honor all those who have sacrificed to advance human rights in China, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and all those who died 30 years ago during the violent suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen protests. This is not a day for celebration, but remembrance of the Chinese Communist’s Party brutality, its authoritarianism and its efforts to undermine the American economy and society, aided and abetted by some all too eager to make a fast dollar in China. The Communist Pa... Read more