Autism is the nation’s fastest growing developmental disability. Just ten years ago, the U.S. autism rate was thought to be 1 in every 500 children. Today, 1 out of every 166 children born in the United States is affected by the disability. Read more

A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus was signed into law over the weekend by President George W. Bush. Read more

In a letter released this week, U.S. Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) urged Turkmenistan’s Acting President to carry-out his promises of educational and information reforms and called for a free and fair election in the former Soviet-Bloc nation Read more

Comprehensive legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to prevent terrorists from obtaining surface-to-air missiles, support key U.S. allies including Israel, and assist U.S. diplomats while conducting missions overseas and was signed into law by President George W. Bush today. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the historic “Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005,” voted today against legislation that would allocate federal funding for research that destroys human embryos, and called for federal efforts to be focused on ethical stem cell research instead, where major advancements have been made already. Read more

January 11, 2007MR. SMITH of New Jersey: Mr. Speaker, by now most of my colleagues know that on Sunday a team of scientists from Wake Forest University and Harvard Medical School announced the stunning news that they had discovered a new, readily available source of potentially life saving stem cells derived exclusively from amniotic fluid. For those of us who passionately support expanding ethical stem cell research to effectuate cures and mitigate disease, news of this breakthrough was partic... Read more

Minimum wage workers around the country will receive a long-overdue pay raise if legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today becomes law, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said. Read more

A new risk-formula distribution for federal homeland security grants could result in more money for New Jersey’s critical infrastructure if legislation considered by the U.S. House of Representatives today becomes law, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said. Read more

January 9, 2007Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Florida for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when terrorism crashed through our national borders and claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, including over 50 men and women from my district in New Jersey who were in the World Trade buildings that day, I advocated early and consistently for a commission to chronicle the lessons learned from the 9/11 tragedy and to develop a well-informed, thoughtful strategy to reduce the... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced today that he has reintroduced legislation which aims to promote free expression and a free flow of information on the Internet by preventing U.S. companies from aiding regimes who restrict access to the Internet. Read more