By: Post Editorial Board A Chinese diplomat’s emailed rant to Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) shows how spooked the Chinese Communist Party is by his recent House-passed bill to levy harsh and deserved penalties against anyone in China involved in organ harvesting. Beijing’s depraved industry — an industrial-scale sci-fi horror reminiscent of the worst Nazi atrocities — shows the true, inhuman nature of China’s government. And the Communists know it, hence their emissaries’ fury when anyone brings up th... Read more

By Amanda Oglesby Asbury Park Press Monmouth County officials stood in the mist at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park on Wednesday, where they gathered to call for an immediate stop to offshore wind energy work off New Jersey's coast. Their announcement marked a new addition to a growing group of elected officials who are demanding answers on recent deaths among whales and dolphins across the region, and who allege offshore wind survey work is the cause. As of Wednesday afternoon, 10 whale deaths ... Read more

The House of Representatives today passed an amendment offered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ-4) requiring a comprehensive, independent investigation into the sufficiency of the environmental review process for 3,400 offshore wind turbines along New Jersey’s coastline during its consideration of the Lower Energy Costs Act (HR 1). Smith said his amendment — which passed by a vote of 244-189 and is now part of HR 1 — comes in response to the Biden and Murphy Administrations’ rush to install the massive... Read more

Ted Sherman at NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Dion Marsh promised “a blood bath,” according to police. In a violent spree last year, the 28-year-old Ocean County man allegedly stabbed an Orthodox man in the chest, carjacked and assaulted a driver, and then ran down two pedestrians in Lakewood and Jackson, later telling detectives that the Jews were “the real devils.” As he faced a judge to be charged with attempted murder, Marsh was unapologetic, interrupting the proceedings to say: “I’m pretty sur... Read more

Phil Stilton U.S. Congressman Chris Smith attended a hearing on offshore windarms in New Jersey and slammed President Joe Biden and Governor Phil Murphy over what he called the harmful environmental impact 3,500 wind turbines could have on the coastal ecosystem. Smith said the President and governor’s rush to install nearly 3,500 wind turbines off the coast of New Jersey without sufficient study on their impact on the environment, marine mammals, the fishing industry, tourism and navigational sa... Read more

By Jeanne Wall Published February 25, 2023 at 2:07 AM NEW JERSEY— Fire departments across New Jersey, as part of a countrywide initiative, can now apply for federal funding to hire and train professional firefighters or to recruit more volunteer front line firefighters. According to a press release issued yesterday by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) will provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter intere... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com New Jersey House Republicans responded to the latest whale death off the Jersey Shore by announcing new legislation to address offshore wind projects. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd Dist., on Friday proposed a moratorium on existing wind farms and a ban on future ones, while Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., introduced a measure calling for an investigation into how the wind farms gained environmental approval. “We still have no meaningful answers from... Read more

|Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 5:37 p.m. By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Rep. Chris Smith on Tuesday added his voice to the chorus of concern over a series of unexplained whale deaths during the last two months, calling for a moratorium on the development of offshore wind. “Over the course of the past several months, there have been repeated instances of dead whales washing up on New Jersey’s shoreline, and the proximity of nearby offshore wind development has raised concerns tha... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (Excerpts) From affordable housing to new parks, the $1.7 trillion spending bill funding the federal government through Sept. 30 includes hundreds of local projects for New Jersey municipalities, requested by the state’s members of Congress. They were known as earmarks until Congress initially banned them in 2011 because of some questionable expenditures. But they were brought back last year as “community project funding” in the House and “con... Read more

Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Just before going home for Christmas, Congress cleared legislation spurred by the murder of a New Jersey woman that would require a comprehensive study of the ride-sharing industry. The last-minute maneuvering saw the U.S. Senate unanimously pass the measure, known as Sami’s Law, without debate late Thursday night as lawmakers left for the holidays. Then the U.S. House cleared the legislation, also without debate, just before completing action on... Read more