By WOBM Staff Reporter Vin Ebenau In the almost 10-years now following Superstorm Sandy, municipalities up and down the Jersey Shore have been working to find solutions to issues along the shore line -- mainly with beach replenishment projects to address flooding, flooding on back bays, sand dunes, etc. while also trying to secure the necessary funding to make it all happen. There's been push after push with state and federal agencies trying to get what they need and in a much quicker timeframe.... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at the March for Life in Washington, DC on Friday, January 21st: Special thanks to the March for Life—and Jeanne Mancini—for providing this amazing opportunity to again rally to protect women and babies from the violence of abortion. We meet this year with fresh hope and heightened expectation that by at least affirming the Mississippi pro-life law—and perhaps going even further—the Supreme Court may soon take a powerful step towar... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith - Pro-lifers march for life in Washington D.C. and throughout the country with fresh hope and heightened expectations. By at least affirming the constitutionality of Mississippi’s law to prohibit elective abortion after 15 weeks—the Supreme Court may finally take a powerful step towards inclusion, respect and justice for the weakest and most vulnerable nearly fifty years after Roe. In 1973, the Supreme Court abandoned women and babies to the multi-billion-dollar abortion ind... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today announced $30.2 million in federal dollars from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act­­—the bipartisan infrastructure legislation he supported and voted for in early November—will help fund critical beach replenishment for Jersey shore towns in the Fourth Congressional District that have suffered serious beach erosion. The long-awaited federal funding—which will replenish beaches from the Manasquan Inlet to the Barnegat Inlet—finally came through after Smith w... Read more

By Amanda Oglesby and Joe Strupp - Asbury Park Press staff writers New Jersey community leaders condemned the attack Saturday on a Jewish house of worship in Texas and said the act reflected growing antisemitism across the nation. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, a British citizen, took hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday, according to the FBI and media reports. He appears to have acted alone, according to the bureau. Akram was killed and none of the four hostages were... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, today issued the following statement on the tragic hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Texas: “I am grateful and relieved that all hostages from Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, have been freed unharmed. I thank the FBI and local law enforcement for their professionalism and their role in bringing an end to this tragic drama. It reminds us, however, that we have seen an ... Read more

In a bipartisan letter released this week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), together with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), pressed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prove Olympic uniforms are not made with forced labor from China’s Xinjiang Region—where the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against predominantly-Muslim Uyghurs and other Central Asian minorities. The letter to IOC President Thomas Bach comes after the Committee entered contracts ahead of the... Read more

As another deadline to fund the federal government approaches on February 18, 2022, more than 180 Members today released a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy applauding the leaders’ “unwavering commitment” to ensure pro-life protections remain in all federal appropriations bills and vowing to “vote against any federal funding bill that weakens or eliminates them.” “Thank you for the consistent pro-life leadership you have shown even as ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today voted to defend voter identification laws across the country and uphold states’ election security laws as House Democrats rammed through legislation—HR 5746—to federalize elections and force states to implement measures that would drastically weaken the integrity of the vote. “The so-called ‘Freedom to Vote Act’ jammed through the House by Democrats seriously jeopardizes our sacred right to vote,” said Rep. Smith. “This partisan bill weakens our election security a... Read more

By CNA Staff In recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11, a New Jersey congressman is calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bipartisan piece of legislation intended to combat what his office calls “modern-day slavery.” “Human traffickers have benefitted from a culture of denial and a lack of awareness throughout our communities,” U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said in a Jan. 11 press release. “Education and awareness programs — especially and including t... Read more