BY WOBM REPORTER VIN EBENAU - Jersey Shore Republican Congressman Chris Smith (Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer) continues to affect direct change in the battle against international child abductions. Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L. 113-150). Congressman Smith was joined by David and Sean Goldman of Monmouth County, the father and son who were reunited after a five-year abduction to Brazil, the... Read more

By Asbury Park Press Writer Jerry Carino - Sean Goldman likes to go fishing and paddleboarding with his dad, and they go out for sushi together regularly. The 19-year-old Holmdel resident is heading into his sophomore year at Brookdale Community College and holds a job as a dock hand at Sandy Hook Bay Marina. Sean is living a typical teenage life, with a notable exception: He’s become an advocate for victims of international child abduction — an ordeal he endured and one that sparked a law beari... Read more

At a press conference marking the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L. 113-150), U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was joined by David and Sean Goldman of Monmouth County, the father and son reunited after a five-year abduction to Brazil; their attorney Patricia Apy, an international family law attorney at Paras, Apy and Reiss, and; Ravi Parmar, of Manalapan, NJ, father of a child abducted to India in 2012 and founde... Read more

By Lauren Glassberg Thursday, August 8, 2019 5:43PM NEW YORK (WABC) -- Sean Goldman was just a boy when he captured the nation's attention. His mother took him from New Jersey to Brazil and said they were never coming home. It took years and multiple court rulings for his father to finally get Sean back. Sean is now in college and on Thursday he marked the anniversary of a law in his name that helps fight international child abductions. "It took me a week and a half after coming home to call hi... Read more

By Alex Napoliello | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Even after he was reunited with his father a decade ago, it took Sean Goldman a week and a half before he could call him “dad.” And even then, it was only because he had accidentally fallen into a frigid lake near his Tinton Falls home — and screamed out to his father in terror. Spirited away to Brazil by his mother in 2004, Sean says he was fed lies about his father, David. The elder Goldman had flown to Brazil more than a dozen times to reclaim... Read more

“Words are inadequate to convey my profound sadness and empathy to the grieving families and friends over the loss of their loved ones in El Paso and Dayton—and deep gratitude to law enforcement for their selfless heroism. Comprehensive background checks and an assault weapons ban are likely to make people safer and ought to be enacted by Congress. But regrettably, something is radically broken in the hearts, minds, and souls of these mass murderers. And they are not alone. The culture of violen... Read more

By Stephen Edelman APP Writer - I never knew Braeden Bradforth, but I wish I had. And as I stood on Pop Warner field where his football career began, exactly one year after his life tragically ended nearly 2,000 miles away, I felt an incredibly strong connection to the gentle giant, having chronicled this relentless crusade for answers and accountability locally, and the inexplicable inaction by a Kansas junior college. I couldn’t help but wonder what Braeden would have thought about the scene l... Read more

On Friday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced a bill named in honor Braeden Bradforth, a college football player from Smith’s district who died a year ago this week from “exertional heat stroke” after a football practice. The legislation, “Braeden's Commission—Protect our Athletes from Exertional Heat Stroke,” HR 4145, would establish a commission to conduct a study on exertional heat stroke among student athletes at educational institutions across the country to study best practices for preven... Read more

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE-PA) has again named Congressman Smith as the OSCE-PA Special Representative on Human Trafficking. In July, Smith’s resolution Educating Schoolchildren to Avoid Human Trafficking was unanimously adopted by the OSCE-PA. He has authored five major trafficking laws in the U.S., including the law that created a comprehensive, whole-of-government approach to combating human trafficking in the U.S. and around the world... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) at the Pop Warner Football Field, in Neptune, N.J. on August. 1, 2019 marking one year since the death of Braeden Bradforth: As we all know, Braeden had the highest hopes of advancing his football career at Garden City Community College and ultimately, playing in the NFL. But one year ago today exertional heat stroke ended that beautiful dream. For months Braeden’s mom—Joanne—was left to speculate as to how and why her beloved son ... Read more