Congressman Chris Smith, Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, today spoke out in support of Dr. Charles Li, a U.S. citizen and Falun Gong practitioner who has been imprisoned in China since early this year.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that Lakewood Township, the third largest municipality in the Fourth District, has secured a $375,000 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant from the federal government.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) today announced that the Trenton Fire Department has received a $159,600 grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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The Bush Administration has taken aggressive action to significantly expand and enhance efforts to fight human trafficking and ensure that the U.S. military does not engage in activity with women who are victims of human slavery, according to an investigative report released yesterday.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) is being honored tonight by Friends of Navy Lakehurst for his consistent leadership and hard work in preventing the military from closing the Naval Air Engineering Station located here. The dinner, being held at the Circle Landmark, will also honor Friends of Navy Lakehurst President Emil Kaunitz.
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This Saturday, Congressman Chris Smith, (R-Hamilton), will lead a Congressional Delegation to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to assess the human rights situation of enemy combatants being detained by the U.S. Military as part of the ongoing war on terrorism.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), a leader of several health causes in Congress, today introduced legislation that will significantly increase the nation’s inventory of stem cells obtained from placentas and umbilical cords, materials that have been proven to successfully treat a number of life-threatening diseases.
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The House International Relations Committee today approved two bills authored by Vice Chairman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), that reauthorize and enhance earlier laws written by Smith to crackdown on human trafficking and provide relief for people who have been the victims of human torture.
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A trio of influential New Jersey lawmakers are urging Pentagon officials to reevaluate and revamp existing base security and contracting guidelines to prevent future breaches in security that have allowed scores of undocumented workers to gain access to our military installations.
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