By TAPINTO STAFF REPORT Published October 11, 2022 at 12:33 AM Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) is seeking to stop deadly drugs from coming into America by cosponsoring the Homeland Security Fentanyl Enforcement Act (HR 9093) that would expand the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to help combat the deadly synthetic opioid. Smith says the new legislation comes as US drug enforcement officials discover an emerging trend across the country in the trafficking of brightly-colored fentanyl, k... Read more

Asbury Park Press Staff - In the wee hours of Dec. 4, 1966, the Viet Cong launched an attack on American soldiers at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Mortars began pouring in, detonating an ammo dump. Just as quickly, U.S. counter-mortar radar detected the incoming volley and returned the favor, silencing enemy fire. Less than an hour later, forces defending the base overran the Viet Cong’s mortar position. The battle was over, the assault rebuffed. The speciali... Read more

BY PHIL STILTON TOMS RIVER, NJ – Congressman Chris Smith recognized U.S. Navy veteran and Toms River resident Roman W. Charkowsi on Sunday in advance of his 100th birthday on Monday. Mr. Charkowski, a World War II veteran spent Sunday with his family, Congressman Chris Smith and Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill at the Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation on Old Freehold Road. An American flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., in honor of the 100-year-old veteran was pr... Read more

By Michael Lee | Fox News The World Health Organization announced a public comment period for a new treaty aimed at better tackling future pandemics, but critics say the process, which has now ended, has so far been too short and secretive. "A public comment period on the World Health Organization’s power grab becomes nothing more than a public relations charade when there is no accountability from the governed over those who seek to regulate their lives—and should not and cannot be used as just... Read more

By ELIZABETH A MEYERS Published October 2, 2022 at 6:30 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) praised the passage of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (HR 8987) by the House of Representatives that would provide financial relief to family members of victims killed in the September 11. Smith called the legislation "long-overdue" step that would bring these families closers to justice. “For two decades, I have worked with the ‘Jersey Girls’—four widows who tragically lo... Read more

By Peter Kasperowicz | Fox News 'The Big Sunday Show' panelists discuss the importance of remembering and learning from the 9/11 attacks in school. The House passed legislation on Friday to provide $2.7 billion in compensation to the families of 9/11 victims, money that had been promised years ago but had been held up after several years of delay in Congress. The bill is the result of a lengthy process that required the federal government to estimate how much money the U.S. Victims of State Spo... Read more

By David Lerman of Roll Call The House passed legislation Friday that would give as much as $3 billion in payments to thousands of spouses and children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks who were left out of previous compensation rounds. The bill passed overwhelmingly, 400-31, in the last vote before lawmakers headed for the exits to go home and campaign before the midterm elections. It now has to win Senate approval, though that chamber has no more votes until Nov. 14. All but one Dem... Read more

By of Vin Ebenau, Townsquare Media NJ - We are about to mark 10-years in about a months time since Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Jersey Shore and while conditions along the beaches have improved mostly over the years with higher dunes and other work being done, things are not all the way back. It's been a 10-year battle for several municipalities who've run into unnecessary red tape in trying to build back up the beaches and provide protection for residents, homes, businesses, and the way of liv... Read more

By Joe Strupp and Amanda Oglesby - Asbury Park Press | USA TODAY NETWORK – NEW JERSEY For Karen Cangialosi, Sept. 11 will always come down to a missed phone call. “I was getting ready to go to work and the phone rang, but I didn’t get to it in time,” Cangialosi recalled Sunday, the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks. She later found out it was her husband, Steven, calling their Middletown home from his office at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center’s north tower. Soon after, a frie... Read more

Pat McDaniel,Patch Staff Posted Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 2:43 pm ET — Three people, including two Manalapan residents, actually climbed a mountain to raise funds for a new clinical trial to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive disorder that affects about 300,000 children worldwide. Jim Raffone and Joseph Russo of Manalapan, as well as Matthew Scarfo, climbed Mount Everest for the cause earlier this year and they were recognized in a flag presentation by Rep. Chris Smith, R-Manchester, on... Read more