Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) congratulated St. Leo the Great School in Lincroft on Wednesday for being honored as a 2019 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School for its commitment to sustainable practices. “Respect and care for the environment should be an important part of the formation of young men and women, and I am pleased that students and staff at St. Leo’s have taken this responsibility seriously. It should inspire us all,” Smith said. Mr. Cornelius Begley, Principal of Saint Leo the... Read more

Ted Sherman For Times of Trenton The 24-year-old victim had called for an Uber at a Manhattan bar and climbed into a waiting black SUV. The California woman had no memory of what happened after she got in, but said she woke up disoriented in a cheap motel room off Route 1 and 9 near Newark Liberty International Airport. The man who drove her there, who was not an Uber driver, is now facing charges of sexual assault. The criminal case marked just the latest in a series of similar incidents involv... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement on Friday: “I am watching closely the return of opposition leader Moise Katumbi to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, planned for Monday, May 20, as it is a barometer indicating the extent of the DRC’s democratic transition. “President Felix Tshisekedi deserves high praise for his commitment to opening the political space in the DRC and allowing Mr. Katumbi to return. Mr. Katumbi must b... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the news that the Garden City Community College (GCCC) Board of Trustees voted to authorize an external investigation into the death of Braeden Bradforth: “We—especially Braeden’s mother Joanne—hope that today’s announcement will prove to be a very important step towards true transparency and we are cautiously optimistic the GCCC Board of Trustees’ decision to intervene and join our call for an independent, external investigation will fin... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today announced that progress has been made on restoring the beaches in Point Pleasant Beach Borough, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) signaling it is planning to return to address recent erosion caused by severe weather over the past week. “Good beaches are essential to a successful local economy, tourism, and our shore town residents,” said Smith. “As promised by USACE, high dunes must be accompanied by wide beaches and appropriate slopes, and we’re counti... Read more

“Braeden Bradforth would have been 20 years old today, and his death from heat stroke was entirely preventable,” said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who has been fighting with Braeden’s family to obtain basic information on his death from Garden City Community College in Kansas, where he passed away last August. “He was a healthy kid one day and dead the next—what happened on that fateful evening during football practice? Who found him unresponsive afterwards? Why was EMS not immediately called?” “Cru... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) sharply criticized the State Department’s removal of Japan from its list of countries “demonstrating a pattern of noncompliance” on preventing the international abduction of young children from left-behind parents. “Over the last 5 years Japan has made almost zero progress on resolving the more than 40 cases of American children kidnapped to Japan prior to its signing of the Hague Convention,” Smith said. “Japan has certainly not warranted a removal from the blacklist—and... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Thursday praised the winners of the New Jersey Fourth Congressional District’s 2018 Congressional App Challenge for their hard work, ingenuity, and desire to help others through their software app “BrainHack”. “Liam, Erica and Anthony earned this award for their teamwork and excellence, and their effort to serve other people,” Smith said. “Their app ‘BrainHack’ is designed to help persons struggling with memory loss and dementias such as Alzheimer’s, guiding them throu... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) will be sponsoring a special Congressional town meeting where attendees can hear from nationally-recognized Lyme disease experts about: current efforts to combat Lyme and tick-borne diseases, updates on diagnosis and treatment, tips on protection, and more. What: Congressional Town Meeting on Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases When: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 6:45-9:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6 pm) Where: Wall Township Municipal Bldg. Community Room 2700 Allaire Road, Wall Township, NJ ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on Wednesday: “I welcome the news of Asia Bibi arriving safely in Canada to reunite with her family; she deserves to live a life without fear after experiencing a harrowing ordeal of a false blasphemy conviction, prison, death row, and death threats. After so much international attention on this case, Pakistan’s Supreme Court should be commended for overturning Asia Bibi’s bas... Read more