Congressman Tom MacArthur (NJ-03) today announced legislation to protect and preserve New Jersey’s iconic Barnegat Bay. Fellow New Jersey Representatives Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Chris Smith (NJ04) joined in the call to Save the Bay by signing on as original cosponsors of the legislation. America’s iconic bays and estuaries are a source of National pride, and invaluable contributors to America’s beauty and economy. Coastal watershed economies provide more than 69 million jobs and contribute an... Read more

The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith on H.R. 3457 during debate on the floor of the House of Representatives October 1, 2015: Mr. Speaker, in 1983, 241 American servicemen in Beirut were killed and another 60 injured by a car bomb. One of the Marines murdered was my constituent, Paul Innocenzi III, who lived with his young family in my hometown of Hamilton. In my second term as congressman, I joined mourners at his funeral. I will never forget the agony and sorrow of his fa... Read more

Lawmakers advocated Wednesday for the Obama administration to keep the U.S. military involved in the hunt for African warlord Joseph Kony. “We trust the administration will decide to continue this worthy effort,” said Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “The United States and other members of the international community must retain our resolve to captur... Read more

The House of Representatives today passed sweeping veterans legislation spearheaded by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) to reauthorize over 30 critical programs that provide healthcare, education, and child care benefits to veterans and continue the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) homeless veterans and caregiver assistance. "It is important to create and maintain programs that give veterans the opportunity to become self-sufficient, and to concentrate our resources on programs that work and pr... Read more

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) that has plagued Uganda and neighboring countries where thousands have been killed, maimed, kidnapped or enslaved by its hands was the focus of a congressional hearing today chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04). The hearing examined the ongoing LRA threat in East and Central Africa and the efforts of the multi-national effort to end the LRA menace. Francisca Mbikabele Thelin, the founder and president of Friends of Minzoto, a non-government organization tha... Read more

Two schools in New Jersey’s Fourth Congressional District have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) said today. “There are few investments we can make in our society that pay higher dividends than the education of our children,” said Smith. “I am thrilled that two of the 15 Blue Ribbon Schools in New Jersey are located in the Fourth Congressional District.” The two schools being recognized for overall academic excell... Read more

“Ridding Central Africa of Joseph Kony: Continuing U.S. Support,” is the title of a congressional hearing to be chaired Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the Africa and global human rights subcommittee. The U.S. State Department, and two human rights non-government organizations (NGOs) will testify. “The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a deadly armed group that has plagued Uganda where it was formed, as well as neighboring countries, since 1987," said Chairman Chris Smith (... Read more

The following are remarks from U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) during floor debate of HR 3495, the Women’s Health and Public Safety Act: Mr. Speaker, last week Pope Francis admonished a joint session of Congress to follow the Golden Rule—to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”—and said that the Golden Rule compels us to “protect and defend human life at every stage of development,” and that “it is wrong to remain silent and look the other way.” At the White House welcoming ceremony ... Read more

Some $1.5 million in federal funds from the Emergency Watershed Protection program will be used by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to dredge 12,000 cubic yards of material from Deal Lake in Monmouth County, said Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) today. “This is good news,” Smith said. “The Deal Lake community has been experiencing numerous issues such as flooding and ecological problems made notably worse since Superstorm Sandy. There is hope that this dredging, funded th... Read more

Less than three weeks before the scheduled October 18th elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), violence has broken out between Christians and Muslims, resulting in as least 25 deaths over the past weekend and displacing as many as 5,000 people. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, condemns the disruption of elections that are meant to restore normal government order. The latest f... Read more