Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) is leading a bipartisan coalition of over 60 House members in asking the Administration to support American victims of terrorism seeking redress at the Supreme Court.
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Congressman Chris Smith went to the border of Monmouth and Ocean counties--among the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy--on the fifth anniversary of a storm that destroyed thousands of homes, businesses and public property on a scale not seen in recent memory, and killed more than 100 people on the East Coast. Smith met with local officials in Point Pleasant Beach, led by Mayor Stephen Reid, at the historic Manasquan Coast Guard Station. He also went to a dune area slated for imrpovement, as ...
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BY DAN RADEL APP Staff Writer - The Pentagon has officially canceled plans to open housing to the general public at Naval Weapons Station Earle, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., announced Tuesday. Smith said the decision alleviates "local concerns about security and the proper vetting of nonmilitary renters who would be exempt from paying property taxes." The issue surfaced in January because about 30 percent of the 89 residences managed by Balfour Beatty Northeast Housing on the base was empty. C...
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Just one day after Rep. Smith was honored by an international organization dedicated to the defense of Christian minorities, the internationally-recognized human rights leader received a second award from a national coalition honoring his work in promoting religious freedom around the world.
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The U.S. must enforce the Goldman Act and make sure that countries are abiding by international agreements against parental child abduction, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said at a briefing on the matter by the Helsinki Commission.
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) welcomed the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday that the Trump administration will send U.S. assistance to genocide survivors in Iraq and Syria though the aid groups that help them directly.
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After nearly a year of negotiations with high-ranking officials of the United States Navy, Rep. Chris Smith today announced that the Pentagon has officially cancelled plans to open housing on NWS Earle
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) will be honored with the 2017 IDC Cedars of God Award on Wednesday evening, for his policy work helping persecuted religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.
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It’s taken nearly two decades of pushing for federal dollars and working with state entities, but construction to widen and reconstruct Monmouth County’s busiest, most trafficked intersection will soon start. Over 37,000 cars travel through the CR-537 and Route 34 intersection every day in the heart of Colts Neck. The large-scale project starting on Oct. 23 will continue until its anticipated completion date of December 2019. “This makes a tremendous improvement in Monmouth County,” state Sen. ...
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