BY JONATHAN SALANT OF THE STAR LEDGER Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is one of five finalists to house the Air Force's new KC-46 tankers. Six other facilities were eliminated from consideration for the tanker fleet. A decision is expected Dec. 15 and the tankers are expected to be delivered in 2020. "The joint base is one of our nation's premier air mobility installations, and a great option for housing the KC-46," said Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3rd Dist.), a member of the House Armed Services Com... Read more

By JIM WALSH Staff Writer - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a finalist in the competition to host the next generation of Air Force air-refueling tankers, federal legislators said Thursday. The military base is one of five sites being considered to host the KC-46 aircraft, which are expected to arrive by 2020. The planes, now in testing, eventually would replace the military’s current fleet of KC-10s. The other finalists are Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Fairchild in Washington; Grand For... Read more

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB-MDL) has made the U.S. Air Force’s final list of installations that will be considered for the next round of KC-46 Pegasus tankers, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) announced today. The Air Force is in the process of determining which installation will host Main Operating Base 4 (MOB4). If chosen, JB-MDL will receive up to 36 new tankers to replace the current fleet of 32 KC-10 Extenders. JB-MDL is also currently home to eight KC-135 Stratotankers operated by th... Read more

New evidence that the Chinese government, hospitals and officials continue to profit from the billion-dollar illicit organ harvesting industry was revealed today by medical experts at a hearing jointly chaired by Representative Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Human Rights, and Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats. “The illegal practice of organ harvesting is barbaric, but it is growing as a commercial and punitive pract... Read more

Hamilton Fire District No. 4 was awarded a grant in the amount of $140,908 from the Department of Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) announced today. The grant will be used to purchase self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and a thermal imaging camera that can be used to locate downed firefighters caught in life-or-death situations in burning buildings. “This grant will help protect those who are willing to put their ... Read more

By DAVID LEVINSKY, BCT STAFF WRITER - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is still in the running to receive some of the Air Force's newest midair refueling jets. The so-called "megabase" landed on the final list of five installations still under consideration to accept the second batch of KC-46 jets being built by Boeing. Originally, 11 bases were being reviewed as possible locations for as many as 36 of the planes, as well as the equipment and support personnel that will accompany them. The other... Read more

Vietnamese religious leaders, bloggers, journalists, labor and democracy advocates were given a voice today at a hearing held by Representative Chris Smith (NJ-04), where they provided expert testimony and a critical assessment of President Obama’s recent trip to Vietnam. The Administration included Vietnam in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and during his visit Obama lifted a four decades long arms embargo, allowing the Communist government to purchase lethal weapons. Smith said... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee that oversees global health and international human rights issues, met with Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo Tuesday along with a delegation of dignitaries from Timor-Leste, a South East Asian nation formerly known as East Timor, which gained formal independence from Indonesia in 2002. Smith recalled his longstanding support of Timor-Leste, including his meeting with independence leader Xanana Gusmao in 1998 in... Read more

“Today in a meeting with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Joceyln Samuels, I and my pro-life colleagues expressed our strong disagreement with the Administration’s outrageous misinterpretation of the Weldon Amendment,” said Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Pro-Life Caucus. “In a more than hour long discussion, HHS doubled down on its decision to unilaterally rewrite the law – the Weldon Amendment – to allow Cali... Read more

“Nearly two years after California imposed its draconian mandate that requires all insurance companies to pay for abortion the Obama Administration has reached a new low -- reinterpreting the Weldon amendment to allow the mandate to continue,” said Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. “This means that Californians, including churches, will continue to be forced to pay for elective abortions in their insurance plans.” Since August of 2014 the state of Calif... Read more