Bipartisan, bicameral legislation named to honor Samantha Josephson—a senior at the University of South Carolina who was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man pretending to be her Uber driver—was introduced in both the House and Senate today to establish needed protections for ride-share customers across the country. Named Sami’s Law, the bill, authored by Republican Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) with lead Democratic cosponsor, Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY-03) in the House, HR 3262, and led in the Senate b... Read more

(Washington, D.C)—U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the Chair and Cochair respectively of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), along with CECC Commissioner and former Chair, U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) today reintroduced the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, bicameral and bipartisan legislation that reaffirms the U.S. commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law at a time when these freedoms and Hong K... Read more

By Mollie Simon - USA Today Network - A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a bill in both the U.S. House and Senate to honor Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student who was murdered in March. Josephson was killed after getting into a vehicle she thought was her Uber, investigators have said. Nathaniel Rowland has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the case. If enacted, the bill proposed on Friday would require front license plates and illuminated windshield... Read more

By Jerry Carino the Asbury Park Press USA Today Network - New Jersey It’s called the “Tick Act,” and it would fuel the fight against Lyme disease and other tick- and vectorborne diseases to the tune of $180 million over six years. But will this bill make it through Congress, despite bipartisan sponsorship in both houses? “We have very strong advocates in Congress who will be fighting to get these monies through,” said Wall resident Pat Smith, a leading advocate for Lyme patients and member of th... Read more

Following a newly released report on disaster response from the nonpartisan Government and Accountability Office (GAO), and after a spate of destructive tornadoes in the Midwest and the start of the 2019 hurricane season, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, introduced legislation to help Americans before, during and after natural disasters strike. U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI-2) and Chris Smith (R-NJ-4... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) commended a dozen students from the Fourth Congressional District who will soon be leaving to attend the nation’s prestigious military academies. A reception Saturday afternoon was hosted for the future cadets and midshipmen, and their families, as they prepare for four years of college at the military service academies. “It was hard work that got you here, it will take persistence, commitment, courage and devotion to God and our country to succeed,” Smith said to th... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the new information provided by the AP, who reviewed emails showing chaos before Braeden Bradforth’s death: “The documents obtained by Roxana Hegeman underscore again the need for a completely independent and transparent investigation of the death of Braeden Bradforth. Reading about how Braeden suffered in his last and, likely, his most excruciating hour of life demands a comprehensive examination that will go wherever the fac... Read more

The MISSION Act strengthens VA’s ability to deliver trusted, easy to access, high quality care at VA facilities, virtually through telehealth, and in your community. That means you get the care and services you need, where and when you need them. Beginning June 6, 2019, under the MISSION Act, you’ll have more ways to access health care. This includes within VA’s network and through approved non-VA medical providers in your community, called “community care providers.”Depending on your situation... Read more

Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) have introduced new legislation to create a new national strategy to aggressively fight Lyme disease and target an additional $180 million to boost funding for research, prevention and treatment programs. The new bipartisan bill, dubbed the TICK Act (Ticks: Identify, Control, Knockout Act) (HR 3073) is a companion to identical legislation introduced in the Senate and inspired by legislation Smith and Peterson introduced earlier this year (HR 22... Read more

Below are excerpts of remarks of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Cochair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Ranking Member on the Congressional -Executive Commission on China, at a joint hearing of the commissions on Tuesday on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre: This joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Lantos Human Rights Commission—with lead witness Speaker Pelosi—underscores the importance we attach to remembering the infamous Tianan... Read more