Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that $6.8 million in new federal funding he obtained in the Fiscal Year 2003 Commerce, Justice, and State Appropriations bill will be used by the Department of Justice to construct a new secure hangar at Navy Lakehurst. Read more

Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, New Jersey – Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) attended a groundbreaking ceremony today at the Navy base to mark the beginning of a $2.25 million military construction project he obtained in the Fiscal Year 2004 defense budget. Read more

Today the Committee on International Relations is meeting to examine the appalling issue of the continued and systematic use of coercion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the implementation of its “One-Child” policy. In particular, we will hear testimony about the deplorable case of Mao Hengfeng, a victim of a forced abortion whose ongoing attempts to receive justice have resulted in her sentencing to 18 months of hard labor, during which she has been tortured, denied vitally-needed medicine, and whose life is in danger today. Read more

Human rights experts, State Department officials and a surviving victim of China’s one-child per couple policy came to Capitol Hill today to further expose the ongoing brutality of China’s coercive population program and its disregard for fundamental human rights. Read more

Though it came close, the 108th Session of the U.S. Congress did not close down before it passed critical legislation aimed at reforming a US foreign aid program that provides small business loans to people – mostly women in developing nations. Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), who in 2002 helped lead efforts in the Congress to establish the Independent Commission to investigate the September 11th terrorist attacks, today welcomed the House of Representatives vote on (S 2845) the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004. Read more

Citing his leadership role in numerous humanitarian efforts, The International Institute of New Jersey presented Rep. Chris Smith with the 2004 Leadership Award at its annual meeting in Jersey City. Read more

Saint Francis Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Coronary Care Intensive Care Unit will receive a significant federal boost of $400,000 Rep. Chris Smith (Hamilton) announced today. Read more

Legislation aimed at reforming a US foreign aid program that provides small business loans to people – mostly women in developing nations – today passed the House of Representatives and was expected to be fast-tracked through the Senate. Read more

Chairman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) hailed the signing by President George W. Bush of the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-332). Chairman Smith worked with Senator Voinovich (R-OH) and Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), a holocaust survivor, to bring the bill to fruition. The Act will increase U.S. efforts to combat anti-Semitism through the establishment of a monitoring office, new reporting standards for acts of anti-Semitism both here and abroad, and the creation of a one-time global report on anti-Semitism. Read more