MR. SMITH of New Jersey I thank my good friend, the distinguished ranking member, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for yielding. And Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution. Despite the passage of seven years, Madam Speaker, the scars from the attack on our country on September 11, 2001 remain. They remain from the loss of the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children, including over 50 men and women from my own district, the 4th District of New Jersey. Over the course of the... Read more

Published: Aug. 21, 2008, 7:55 p.m. By The Associated Press Two little girls from Monmouth County were reunited with their father today and could be returning home within a few days after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks. Ashley and Sophia Evans arrived at the U.S. Embassy in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi after a six-hour ride in a vehicle with French Ambassador Eric Fournier. There, they met their father, who had flown to Tbilisi, and also got McDonald's Hap... Read more

Published: Aug. 20, 2008, 10:38 p.m. The Associated Press By Irakli Gedenidze/Associated Press New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith met today with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as the congressman sought to bring home two young girls stuck there -- even as the girls' family worried over Russian troops only miles away. Reached on the phone in Georgia, Smith said he was meeting with anyone he could -- Georgian officials, U.S. officials, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and ... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former Chairman of the US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) is scheduled to arrive in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Read more

The Defense Department Inspector General (IG), in a report publicly released today, says that DOD officials “did not adequately plan for changing security and mission requirements” when it entered into seven private housing agreements two decades ago, including one for 300 housing units at Earle Naval Weapons Station. Read more

Congressmen Jim Saxton (NJ-3rd) and Chris Smith (NJ-4th), whose districts include Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, announced today that a record-breaking string of 10 new construction projects worth $179.1 million is included in the fiscal year 2009 Defense budget passed by the House today. The bill, H.R. 6599, passed by a vote of 409-4. Read more

Just one week before the Olympics kick off in Beijing, the House of Representatives approved legislation calling on the Chinese government to immediately “end abuses of human rights of its citizens” in order to ensure that the Olympic games take place “in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.” Read more

With just two weeks to go to the Olympics, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has unanimously approved legislation calling on the Chinese government to immediately “end abuses of human rights of its citizens” in order to ensure that the Olympic games take place “in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.” Read more

Gottlieb Holl worked nearly five decades at the Trenton train station. A prominent descendant of his said that he be lieves Holl, who also was a Trenton city council member, would have approved of what happened there yesterday. Read more

With three weeks remaining until the opening of the Olympic Games, China's Communist leadership is relentlessly pursuing a strategy doomed to failure. Through censorship, visa restrictions, intimidation and brute repression, China's leadership is trying to prevent any public expression by Chinese citizens or foreign visitors that conflicts with the image it wishes to project to the world -- that of a "harmonious" society. Read more