U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has recently cosponsored legislation, the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and education (MD CARE) Act HR 5265, to support increased research and education for Muscular Dystrophy.
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Welcome to our witnesses, and to everyone who has joined us today. I am very pleased that we are examining the relationship between the world’s growing energy consumption and our over-burdened environment. Congress has an obligation to work to ensure a healthy and safe environment for the benefit of current and future generations. To reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and achieve a healthier environment, we need a multi-faceted approach that addresses the tangled web of issues involved. We ne...
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), today met with New Jersey breast cancer patients and survivors who also serve as representatives of the leading grassroots advocacy group, the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC). Together they discussed additional ways the federal government can and should help advance research, education and awareness into breast cancer.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met this week with Robert Menard, founder of the leading human rights group Reporter’s Without Borders redoubling their lobbying efforts to move Smith’s bill, the Global Online Freedom Act (HR 275) to the House floor for a vote ahead of the Beijing Olympics this summer.
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New Jersey Transit will receive more than a $1 million for its proposed Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) Passenger Rail Line, said Congressmen Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Jim Saxton (NJ-03), who had worked for years to have the money included in the federal budget.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee hailed House passage of legislation calling on the Chinese government to end its brutal crackdown in Tibet (H Res 1077) and renewed his leadership efforts for greater U.S. action in response to long-term human rights abuses committed by the communist government of the People’s Republic of China.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) alongside Richard and Maureen Kanka unveiled his new legislation to combat sex offenders worldwide, the International Megan’s Law, at a press conference today at Megan Nicole Kanka Memorial Park.
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US Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health today gave excerpts of the following statement during House floor debate of HR 5501 the “Tom Lantos and Henry Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 which passed the House of Representatives today 308-116:
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For his continued legislative action, US Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) received three different awards just this week from the American Ireland Fund, the Republic of Hungary, the North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Humane Society of the United States.
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The American Ireland Fund, one of the nation’s largest supporters of programs to promote peace, culture and charity throughout Ireland will honor U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), with the prestigious American Ireland Fund Leadership Award, etching his name alongside former distinguished recipients and Irish advocates including: Frm. President Bill Clinton, Frm. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sen. John McCain, Sen. and Frm. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and internationally famed U2 singer Bono among many other notable honorees.
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