Rep. Chris Smith, a leading human rights lawmaker in the U.S. Congress, is offering a keynote address this week at an international conference attended by parliamentarians from over 50 countries working together to strengthen global efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
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Congressman Chris Smith attended the groundbreaking of a new security gate yesterday at Naval Weapons Station Earle. Smith (NJ-04, Robbinsville) helped secure funding for the gate.
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The suffering of human trafficking victims in New Jersey, around the country and the world was the focus today on the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), author of the law, held a press conference today at the New Jersey State House with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, members of the New Jersey Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force and women with personal stories about trafficking. The Lt. Governor presented Smith with a letter fr...
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From the Oct. 28, 2010 edition of the Lakewood Scoop: The nightmare began a few weeks ago, when Faigy Friedlander of Lakewood found out that her Chosson Yosef David Michael- a UK and Israeli citizen – was denied a Visa to enter the U.S. where they were to marry. With their wedding just weeks away, the Chosson went to the Embassy to set up an emergency meeting, but to no avail. There was no way that he was getting his Visa to attend his own wedding. In fact, the Chosson was told by the Embassy to...
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A senior/community center which enables seniors citizens from across Roebling Village and Florence Township to gather under a single roof was officially opened this weekend, hours before it hosted the New Jersey premiere of a play about John and Washington Roebling, the engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Photographic, written and hand-drawn personal accounts of genocides from the Warsaw Ghetto and Darfur were on display at the grand opening of an exhibition at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) that will run through Nov. 5.
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Spina bifida, a birth defect that threatens millions of Americans, is the focus of a House resolution, H. Res. 1664, introduced this week aimed at both raising public awareness of the disease and urging the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a federal effort to improve access to health care facilities for individuals with disabilities.
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Early today the House of Representatives passed the reauthorization of the “Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act,” a bill written by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) in 2005 and now reauthorized through 2015.
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A bill addressing the plight of American children and desperate left behind parents who are victims of international child abduction to Japan passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming support today.
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