Bradley Beach Borough in Monmouth County has received preliminary approval for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The borough was awarded over $1 million to help pay for the extensive repairs that resulted from Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said today. This award provides $1,076,541 to Bradley Beach to help pay for a project repairing the boardwalk, bulkheads, dune fencing and recreation equipment along the beach which were damaged by Superstorm Sandy.... Read more

Wall Township in Monmouth County has received preliminary approval for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has awarded nearly $1.7 million to help pay for the extensive clean-up that resulted from Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said Monday. The award provides $1,684,493.01 in Federal funding to Wall to pay for the loading, hauling, and disposal of debris as a result of Superstom Sandy. The Township utilized its own Department of Public Works workfo... Read more

By Asbury Park Press reporter Stephanie Loder - David Goldman of Tinton Falls was among the parents ofAmerican children abducted and wrongfully held at overseas locations who came to Washington Thursday to watch and listen as child abduction and prevention legislation was unanimously approved by the full Foreign Affairs Committee. H.R. 3212, the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2013, was written by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., chairman of the Ho... Read more

Agree or disagree with public funding of abortion — a significant majority of Americans oppose subsidizing abortion — but no one likes to be misled, fooled, deceived or defrauded. In the run-up to passage of Obamacare, Americans were repeatedly told and reassured by President Obama himself, including in a speech to a joint session of Congress in October 2009, that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion.” In an 11th-hour ploy to garner the votes of a remnant of pro-life... Read more

Parents of American children abducted and wrongfully held at overseas locations came to Washington today to watch and listen as legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees human rights, was unanimously approved in a chorus of yays by the full Foreign Affairs Committee. Left behind parents like Iraqi War veteran ex-Marine Sgt. Mike Elias; David Goldman, whose son was returned only after a 5-year long battle with Brazilian courts... Read more

Agence France-Presse - A congressional committee called Thursday for the United States to reach legal agreements with Japan and other countries to help resolve hundreds of cases of children abducted by estranged parents. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill to require the US secretary of state to reach memoranda of understanding with all nations not party to the 1980 Hague Convention, which requires the return of kidnapped children to wherever they usually live. The bill, which ne... Read more

Efforts to bring home American children abducted to overseas destinations and wrongfully held, will take a big step forward Thursday as legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees human rights, will be brought before the full Foreign Affairs Committee for a vote. Left behind parents like Iraqi War veteran Marine Sgt. Mike Elias; David Goldman, whose son was returned only after a 5-year abduction; and other “left behind” parents... Read more

With the exchanges of the “Affordable Care Act” (AKA “Obamacare”) activated this month, it has become evident that it is nearly impossible for individuals to try to determine which exchange plans on their state exchange, if any, exclude abortion, said a group of lawmakers at a bipartisan press conference today. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) unveiled his legislation, H.R. 3279, the “Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act” —cosponsored by 70 other Members of the House—to ensure full disclosure of ... Read more

The final contract for the world’s largest beach replenishment project was awarded last week, area congressmen said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the fourth contract to replenish Hurricane Sandy-ravaged beaches from Sea Bright to the Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County, Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th) said in a Friday press release. “This project will help restore and protect our beaches with suitably engineered dunes, which will have the added benefit to better protect homes, businesses an... Read more

Congressman Chris Smith (NJ04)—chairman of both the House Lyme Disease Caucus and global health subcommittee, and author of Lyme disease legislation in the House—as well as other Lyme disease leaders in Congress and from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), were featured in a Huffington Post article on Oct. 1 calling for an increased, coordinated effort to combat Lyme disease in the United States and around the globe. Journalist Cathy Rubin reported on the IDSA guidelines which can... Read more