U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), the author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, released the following statement regarding the State Department’s 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report that was released today. The report – now in its fourth year – was mandated by Smith’s first trafficking bill, which was signed into law in October 2000 (Public Law 106-386): Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease who was first elected to office in 1980 as part of the “Reagan Revolution,” made the following statement today: Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, dean of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation who was first elected in 1980 along with President Reagan, issued the following statement this evening on Reagan’s death: Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) joined Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Medicare Administrator Mark McClellan today to announce the enactment of a new demonstration project aimed at improving overall quality of life for homebound Medicare beneficiaries who qualify to receive home healthcare services. Read more

The House of Representatives today passed legislation containing a provision authored by Congressmen Chris Smith, Jim Saxton, and Frank LoBiondo that will improve security on military bases by authorizing stricter background checks and new skill standards for all contract employees. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who recently helped lead the U.S. delegation to the historic Berlin Summit on anti-Semitism, met with President Bush today to report on legislative initiatives undertaken to implement recommendations made by the conference. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton), who has garnered millions of dollars in federal funds to launch the renovation and reconstruction of the NJ Transit-owned train station in the capitol city, today welcomed the announcement that the state is at last moving to advance and complete the project. Read more

Freehold Borough High School student Katie Janwich won first-place honors in the annual Fourth Congressional District Art Contest, besting 92 other entries submitted by students throughout the district. Read more

Judge Peter Cory – the former Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court charged with reviewing several high-profile murders in Northern Ireland and Ireland, detailed evidence of collusion in the killings before a hearing of the U.S. Helsinki Commission today. Read more

Judge Peter Cory, a former Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court who was appointed by both Great Britain and Ireland to investigate allegations of collusion in a number of high-profile murders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, will testify before the United States Helsinki Commission at a hearing called for and chaired by Commission Chairman Congressman Chris Smith (R-Hamilton). Read more