U.S. Rep. Smith, an executive member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, unveiled a resolution at a Commission hearing today that recognizes the importance of inter-religious dialogue and the protection of religious freedom in Pakistan. Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith said the House approved a House-Senate appropriations bill that gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) the authority and new funds to support local efforts to improve Assunpink Creek and revitalize a closed factory. Read more

Congressman Smith, a senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ranking Member on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today called on free people every where to reject China’s self-aggrandizing “celebrations” of its 60 years of Communist rule. Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a House-Senate appropriations bill that gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the authority and new funds to boost local efforts aimed at combating the significant environmental hazards associated with drainage problems at Wreck Pond. Read more

The case of an American father who has been arrested in Japan for attempting to regain access to his children, taken to Japan by his ex-wife in violation of a U.S. court order, is helping to raise awareness of the increasing problem of international parental child abduction and the heartbreak and frustration suffered by the parents left behind, said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant to St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith gave the folllowing remarks in the Congressional Record to commemorate the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington D.C., and the subsequent deaths of innocent victims in New York, Pennsylvania and Virgina. Read more

Following up on a July 26 editorial on the need for further public discussion of the key issues in the health care reform debate, the Asbury Park Press invited Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., to respond to eight questions raised in the editorial. Read more

U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (NJ-4) and Mike Doyle (PA-14) today announced the House approved funding for a critical DOD research program to assist military families with children who suffer from autism spectrum disorders. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith today welcomed the decision of the U.S. Postal Service to suspend the planned closing of the Freehold Downtown Station in Freehold Borough. Read more