Three local organizations will each receive $20,000 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support arts projects, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) announced today. Two River Theatre in Red Bank, and Grounds for Sculpture and International Sculpture Center, Inc. both in Hamilton, were among chosen from 3,455 applications for funding. In all, 1,118 awardees were chosen across the country. “These organizations each contribute to the community and beyond,” Smith said. “Their work re... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) released the following statement upon House passage HR 5739, legislation that will terminate payment of Social Security benefits to activists or sympathizers of the Nazi regime, originally determined to be eligible because of a previous work history. “Social Security is a sacred trust that provides hard-earned benefits for American workers and their families. We must protect it from reductions and abuse, while ensuring it remains sustainable for future generations... Read more

A hearing entitled “Is Academic Freedom Threatened by China's Influence on U.S. Universities?” will be held Dec. 4 by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the global human rights subcommittee in the House of Representatives and co-chairman of the U.S. Commission on China. “The Chinese educational market is a lucrative one, but we have to ask if there are any hidden costs for American schools and colleges seeking access to that market,” said Smith, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Afric... Read more

The week of Thanksgiving is often a difficult time for the daughters of Walter Patterson, who was attacked on Nov. 23, 1962, at his Wall gas station and died two days later, Nov. 25. Those sad anniversaries are made worse because they know that their father’s killer, George Wright, lives freely and defiantly today in Portugal. In recent years I have been pushing the Obama administration to ramp up efforts to seek extradition of American fugitives who have taken refuge in other countries, with Wr... Read more

BY U.S. REP. CHRIS SMITH (NJ-04) for the Trentonian The week of Thanksgiving is often a difficult time for the daughters of Walter Patterson, who was attacked on Nov. 23, 1962 at his Wall, N.J. gas station and died two days later Nov. 25. Those sad anniversaries are made worse because they know that their father’s killer, George Wright, lives freely and defiantly today in Portugal. In recent years I have been pushing the Obama Administration to ramp up efforts to seek extradition American fugit... Read more

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday approved two key humanitarian aid bills authored by Rep. Chris Smith – one to help contain and better treat Ebola at points of origination overseas and a second bill to combat world hunger by enhancing agricultural and nutrition activities in poor countries. The adoption of both bills at the full committee level improves the chances that each bill will be considered by the full congress before the end of this year. “I am proud to have introduced H.R. ... Read more

The National Assembly of Nigeria was closed down Thursday in the wake of an effort to block opposition lawmakers from entering the Nigerian House of Representatives. The apparent main target was Speaker of the House Aminu Tambuwal, who left the ruling People’s Democratic Party recently to join the opposition All Progressives Congress. Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, urges the Nigerian execu... Read more

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A new website was unveiled today to address the appalling lack of transparency of abortion coverage in Obamacare by the Administration. “Obamacareabortion.com is an extraordinarily useful new tool for healthcare consumers,” said Smith. “The Obama Administration’s cover-up of abortion insurance plans on the exchange is unnecessary, unacceptable and absolutely unconscionable. Consumers have a right to know. Abortion is not healthcare – it dismembers and chemically poisons defenseless unborn childr... Read more

Responding to the murder of five innocent people in a brutal attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), made the following statement: “My heart goes out to the families and friends of the innocent people who were savagely murdered in Jerusalem on Tuesday—while praying in the sanctuary of a synagogue,” Smith . “They are all in our prayers. “The horrific way in which these murders were carried out indicates the atmosphere the killers came out of–one soaked in religious hatred. Thi... Read more