Bipartisan legislation (HR 3097) introduced today by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04)—and co-sponsored by Reps. Jim Saxton (NJ-03), Rush Holt (NJ-12) and Frank Pallone (NJ-06)—would, if enacted, prohibit any funding for the transfer of personnel and missions from Ft. Monmouth until the Army, as directed by the BRAC Commission, reports they can accomplish the move “without disruption” to the Global War on Terror” and can “ensure maximum retention of critical workforce.” Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and the Mayors of Freehold Borough and Freehold Township today called for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to conduct an environmental study and hold public hearings concerning the proposed waste transfer station in Freehold Township.In a letter to Secretary Vernon A. Williams, Rep. Smith and Mayors Dorothy Avallone and Michael Wilson requested a full environmental reveiw to be undertaken by the STB's Section of Environmental Analysis and a public hearing in M... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation today that includes half a million in federal funds for remediation measures at Assunpink Creek—funds that U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) actively worked to secure. $500,000 for the project was included in the FY08 Energy and Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 2641) with the help of an appropriations request for the project made by Smith. H.R. 2641 passed the House by a vote of 312-112. “Over the past several years, Trenton has been hit hard by sev... Read more

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Chair, two years ago the President signed the Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Act into law. This bipartisan legislation is designed to turn medical waste to medical miracles by deriving stem cells from umbilical cords and placentas after the birth of a child. Cord blood transplantation is saving lives and is doing so today. It is one of the most promising and exciting fields in the area of regenerative medicine. The bipartisan legislation, Madam Chair, establis... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), local officials and local activists met with representatives of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in Smith’s Capitol Hill office to express their concerns about the STB review process of applications for potential waste transfer stations. Read more

Federal funding for the Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) Passenger Rail Line has cleared a major hurdle by garnering the approval of a key House subcommittee U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced today. The House Appropriations Committee agreed to the requests put forth by Smith and U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton’s (R-NJ) for funding for the study on the proposed reactivation of the MOM line by adding $1 million dollars to FY08 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. That bill ... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) called today’s meeting between two federal agencies and members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation a “positive step” toward ensuring a thorough and exhaustive investigation into the plan to close Fort Monmouth. Read more

Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was presented the "Srebrenica 1995" award in recognition of his "efforts to promote truth and justice" in the wake of the atrocities in Bosnia and for his "contribution to the resistance against genocide in the world." Smith was selected for the award by mothers of the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica. More about the award is available here.The following is a statement Smith submitted to the Congressional Record to honor the lives of those los... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was presented the "Srebrenica 1995" award last night in recognition of his "efforts to promote truth and justice" in the wake of the atrocities in Bosnia and for his "contribution to the resistance against genocide in the world." Read more

Citing a 2002 case in New Jersey as an example of the many instances where Russian women have been trafficked to the U.S., Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) today encouraged deputies of the Duma to build on their laws to combat human trafficking by adding more protections for victims during a meeting in the Great Hall of the Moscow Duma. Read more