U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was honored with the prestigious Commodore John Barry Award for his work on behalf of America’s veterans and for his efforts to promote peace and human rights in Northern Ireland by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of the Jersey Shore at their annual gala in Spring Lake this evening.
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As Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem arrived in Washington, DC, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) held a press conference on Capitol Hill to demand that the Government of Vietnam immediately end their ongoing, unbridled human rights abuses and free all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
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It's a mantra that U.S. Rep. Chris Smith has repeated hundreds, if not thousands of times during his fight to provide money for veterans: "You can't provide health care on the cheap."
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Contrite, apologetic and vowing change, top Army brass came to Capitol Hill last week vowing immediate reform in the wake of devastating reports of substandard care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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At an event on Capitol Hill today, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) called on his colleagues in Congress to fund the national program that promotes ethical, life-saving stem cell research and treatment at levels authorized in the law he authored, not at the considerably lower amount requested in the Administration’s FY08 proposed budget.
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Firefighters and first responders in the Fourth Congressional District will have an opportunity to learn more about federal grants available to acquire equipment, training and other resources needed to protect the public and obtain assistance in preparing grant applications during two workshops to be held by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) next week.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today departed on a trip to Nigeria where he will press for an end to human trafficking and monitor U.S. assistance to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in a country with the world’s third highest-rate of HIV/AIDS-afflicted persons.
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February 13, 2007MR. SMITH of New Jersey: Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the co-Chairs of the Iraq Study Group, former Secretary of State James Baker and former House Foreign Affairs Chairman Lee Hamilton, wrote late last year: “There is no magic formula to solve the problems of Iraq. However, there are actions that can be taken to improve the situation and protect American interests. “Many Americans are dissatisfied,” they go on to say, “not just with the situati...
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