The full House of Representatives tonight passed legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith, the Vice Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, that will withhold non-humanitarian U.S. Aid dollars from the dictatorial regime until real progress is made with regard to political and religious rights for the Vietnamese People. The bill passed by a vote of 323-45. Read more

Nearly 10 years after the tragic death of 7-year-old Megan Kanka at the hands of a convicted sex offender who lived across the street from her home, Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) joined the Kanka Family and the Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation today to announce new federal funding he established to help the foundation provide background checks on people involved with youth athletics. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are leading a group of bipartisan Members of Congress who joined in introducing legislation to provide $70 million over two years to prevent and treat obstetric fistula which afflicts more than 2 million women worldwide. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), a leading advocate of expanding and enhancing the federal government’s commitment to biomedical research and public health initiatives, has led a successful effort to secure increased support for a variety of federal health projects in a bill that cleared the House Appropriations Committee. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), Dean of the state’s 15-member Congressional Delegation, is leading a campaign to urge Medicare officials to fully implement a new Medicare-specific rule that would net New Jersey hospitals more than $110 million annually in increased Medicare payments. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) was honored today by the Spina Bifida Association of America with the organization’s inaugural ‘Congressional Champion’ award. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), the author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, released the following statement regarding the State Department’s 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report that was released today. The report – now in its fourth year – was mandated by Smith’s first trafficking bill, which was signed into law in October 2000 (Public Law 106-386): Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease who was first elected to office in 1980 as part of the “Reagan Revolution,” made the following statement today: Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, dean of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation who was first elected in 1980 along with President Reagan, issued the following statement this evening on Reagan’s death: Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) joined Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Medicare Administrator Mark McClellan today to announce the enactment of a new demonstration project aimed at improving overall quality of life for homebound Medicare beneficiaries who qualify to receive home healthcare services. Read more