Among the key witnesses scheduled to testify Tuesday is Youssou N’Dour, Senegalese Jazz Musician, Goodwill Ambassador, and with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Youssou N’Dour has been called “Probably the best known African musician in the world today” by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Rolling Stone magazine has said “If any third world performer has a real shot at the sort of universal popularity enjoyed by Bob Marley, it's Youssou, a singer with a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it.” Read more

Rep. Chris Smith will again be hosting “Academy Night” for students who live in the Fourth Congressional District and who are interested in attending one of the United States service academies. Read more

The Subcommittee will come to order. I am pleased to convene this hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Today we will be looking at the prospects for democracy in one of the most troubled countries on the African continent, Zimbabwe. Read more

The federal government’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary testing indicates the air is clear around the former W.R.Grace plant in Hamilton Township. Rep. Chris Smith said, “The EPA’s initial report on air quality following the W.R Grace Company fire is positive news for Hamilton and Lawrence Township residents who live near the former plant.” The U.S. EPA deployed 15 air-monitoring stations in a two-mile radius around the former paper shredding plant on Hamilton’s Industrial D... Read more

The Subcommittee will come to order. I am pleased to convene this hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Today we will be examining the important and highly relevant topic of reform of the United Nations’ human rights institutions. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), praised the selection of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. Read more

The Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations subcommittee will probe the question of whether the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) continues to promote and serve the purpose it was created to advance: respect for internationally recognized human rights and freedoms Read more

Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA), Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, has teamed up with Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) in requesting an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) into the actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to significant asbestos contamination at the former W.R. Grace/Zonolite plant in Hamilton, New Jersey. Read more

The Subcommittee will come to order. I am pleased to convene this hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Today we will be discussing management initiatives in the Department of State budget. This will be the first in a series of hearings devoted to the preparation and enactment of a Foreign Relations Authorization bill for fiscal years 2005 and 2006. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) applauded the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for a groundbreaking report they released today called "Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program." Read more