A program created to assist military families touched by autism spectrum disorders will receive a boost in funding over the next fiscal year, Coalition on Autism Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) co-chairs U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today.
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Rep. Chris Smith and Plumsted Township Mayor Ron Dancer today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of Plumsted Township’s new Senior Citizens Meeting and Activity Room. Mayor Dancer, who also serves as Assemblyman for Plumsted’s legislative district, credited and thanked Smith for federal funding totaling $125,000.
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“Matt Rinaldo was both deeply respected and genuinely liked by everyone who knew him. “A congressman for 20 years, until his retirement in 1992, Matt was a savvy lawmaker who knew how to get things done especially as Ranking Republican on the Telecommunications and Finance Committee. He had extraordinary political skills, often played his cards close to his vest and had a wonderful sense of humor. Matt was a true believer in bipartisanship, and he knew and understood the value of principled comp...
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There is no question that Congress needs to act to help resolve America’s credit crisis—and soon—but not without comprehensive review, transparency, analysis, and due diligence. That hasn’t happened. It must. Options and alternatives to solving the recent credit debacle through means other than putting taxpayers at risk to the staggering tune of $700 billion should have been thoroughly vetted and considered. They were not. And I remain deeply concerned that far too many distressed homeowners wil...
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Rep. Chris Smith announced today that legislation directing $179.1 million in new funding for 2009 for the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst joint base was signed into law late last night by President Bush.
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Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Let me just say, to clarify the record, this legislation, which would seek to lay bare the science about Lyme disease, the fact that I believe we do have an epidemic, the fact that Lyme often go misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed. It is called “the great pretender” because so many people have it and don’t know it. It often masquerades as other kinds of anomalies manifesting in a person’s body. And it is not until it gets to a chronic state—very often causing severe disability...
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Today, Rep. Chris Smith joined with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) in introducing HR 7114, the Independence at Home Act of 2008 to offer chronically ill Medicare patients increased options of independent living while receiving quality health care.
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House co-chairs for the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), called on the presidential candidates to consider the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias on those diagnosed, their loved ones, and federal and local healthcare systems at a Capitol Hill briefing today.
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Less than one month after Rep. Chris Smith traveled to Georgia to secure the safe passage of two young girls trapped in the war zone in Georgia, the House foreign affairs panel has unanimously approved his legislation pushing the Department of State to establish “ready-to-use” procedures to more speedily and safely broker safe passage and evacuations of Americans, especially children, from conflict zones.
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