The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) presented its National Leadership Award to Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) on April 6 in recognition of his commitment to focus the nation’s attention on the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease and to find solutions through both research and care.
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After several years of persistent advocacy, Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) announced today that Ocean Health Initiatives, in Lakewood, New Jersey, will receive $1.95 million over three years in federal funding to expand access to quality primary health care for Ocean/Monmouth County residents, including those with no health insurance coverage at all.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) is traveling to Rome with the official Congressional Delegation to celebrate Pope John Paul II’s life and mourn his passing. Rep. Smith, who is a lifelong Catholic, called Pope John Paul II, “the most extraordinary Pope in modern times, perhaps since St. Peter himself.” About 25 Members of the House of Representatives will be attending the Pope’s funeral. Smith is the only New Jersey Representative in the bipartisan delegation.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who is participating in a United Nations Human Rights conference in Geneva, made the following comments upon hearing the news of Terri Schiavo’s death today as a result of deliberate dehydration and starvation:
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The House of Representatives met in an extraordinary session on Sunday because a much-loved disabled woman in Florida has been ordered to die by starvation and dehydration. We met because Terri Schiavo's family, including her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, refuse to allow their precious daughter -- who is not in a coma or terminally ill or in a persistent vegetative state -- to be killed by starving her to death.
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In a powerful statement to a House foreign affairs panel that oversees global human rights, Canadian Judge Peter Cory blasted the British government’s plan to push through new legislation before it complies with its commitments to investigate state-sponsored collusion as part of the Northern Ireland peace process.
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The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine the action taken by the British and Irish governments in order to comply with the Cory Collusion Inquiry Reports.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) hosted nearly a dozen key officials today from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), and the Acting Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to receive a comprehensive briefing on the environmental remediation and community health surveillance related to the former W.R. Grace Zonolite facility in Hamilton, New Jersey. The Zonolite plant has been selected for further study because it processed a form of vermiculite mined in Libby, Montana that has been found to contain a dangerous form of asbestos.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Alzheimer’s Disease Congressional Task Force, today introduced multi-faceted legislation to boost the federal commitment to Alzheimer’s research and help patients and family members currently struggling with the disease.
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