The Arc Mercer celebrated “60 Years of Excellence (1949-2009)” of serving the developmentally diabled in Mercer County on Friday, November 13, at its Fall Awards Gala at the historic Trenton Masonic Temple in the capital City of Trenton, and presented its “Joey Damiano” Community Hero Award to Congressman Chris Smith, who led the fight to return over $107,000 in Medicare funding that the federal government had eliminated in 2009.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said today’s formal groundbreaking for the Electro-magnetic Aircraft Launching System (EMALS) marks the start of a new era for both the U.S. Navy and the local community
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A panel of human rights activists testified at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission today about how the Chinese government is abusing women and up-ending the traditional Chinese family, announced U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Ranking Member of the Commission who chaired the hearing this afternoon.
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Chris Smith addressed his colleagues in the House of Representatives today during debate on H.R. 3962, proposed legislation to massively overhaul health care delivery in the United States. Congressman Smith voted against the bill, which passed 220-215.
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Congressman Chris Smith addressed his colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives today. The Congressman spoke in favor of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to HR 3962.
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With a stroke of his pen today, President Obama signed into law Congressmen Chris Smith’s amendment to require the Department of Defense (DOD) to launch an investigation into the plight of U.S. service men and women who, along with their children, suffer from intra-family international child abduction, and outline what DOD is doing to help these military services members.
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President Barrack Obama this afternoon signed into law legislation written by Congressman Chris Smith to require a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of the U.S. Navy’s controversial proposal to open the Laurelwood military housing complex on Naval Weapons Station Earle (NWS Earle), the largest munitions depot on the East Coast, to the general public.
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Congressman Chris Smith today spoke at the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight's congressional hearing on "Concerns Regarding Possible Collusion in Northern Ireland: Police and Paramilitary Groups."
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Congressman Chris Smith and Congresswoman Kay Granger, co-chairs of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus, today asked the U.S. Attroney Genteral Eric Holder to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now’s (ACORN) activities, including possible involvement with actual sex trafficking ventures.
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