BY VIN EBENAU - Jersey Shore Congressman Chris Smith's (NJ-4th District-R) legislation to provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold ISIS perpetrators accountable passed the house on Tuesday night and now heads to President Donald Trump's desk to be signed into law. The Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018 (HR-390) will authorize and direct the administration to... Fund entities, including faith-based ones, that are providing humanitarian,... Read more

BY ISAAC AVILUCEA - U.S. Rep. Chris Smith toured Trenton Water Works’ digs Monday, as part of his renewed pledge to help the troubled water utility secure federal funding to offset millions in improvement projects and system upgrades. Smith stopped by The Trentonian to chat about the two-hour-long guided tour, led by a convoy from the mayor’s office, that started out at TWW headquarters and wound to the water filtration plant on the Delaware River. The longtime Republican congressman, elected th... Read more

It’s time to develop a better test for Lyme disease. That was the most pressing recommendation of a report to Congress by a federal working group convened to address tick-borne diseases. The 100-page report, the first of three over a four-year period, is crucial because it represents consensus on how to deal with Lyme after decades of disagreement among government officials and medical experts. The discord, advocates for Lyme patients say, caused an explosion of cases throughout the country. REL... Read more

By Anthony Vecchione The National Marrow Donor Program will honor U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th District, in November for two stem cell laws that he authored. Smith authored the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005,Public Law 109-129, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2015,Public Law 114-104. Smith's two laws created the first National Cord Blood Stem Cell Inventory; reauthorized and expanded the National Bone Marrow Registry; connected cord blood banks around the countr... Read more

Six years after losing everything in superstorm Sandy, a former Union Beach resident Bernard Ebner got something precious back. The 69-year-old Navy veteran, who served two tours in Vietnam, was presented with replacements for five U.S. military medals the storm swept away in October of 2012. Rep. Chris Smith handed Ebner the awards in a ceremony Tuesday. “It was pretty emotional for me,” Ebner told the Asbury Park Press. “I was very proud of those medals.” RELATED:Sandy images of heartbreak and... Read more

By Jersey Shore Bureau Reporter Ted Greenberg - A Vietnam War veteran who lost his medals and commendations during Superstorm Sandy received a new set six years later. (Published Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018 | Credit: Ted Greenberg ) This story aired Oct. 30, 2018 on WCAU and was posted Nov. 1, 2018. Read more

October 30, 2018 at 6:29 pm OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – This week marks the 6th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. A Vietnam veteran in New Jersey is now being reunited with some of his awards that were lost during the storm. Veteran Bernard Ebner was honored with five military medals for the second time. “I had four years of service… When I found out they were lost it really hurt,” the U.S. Navy veteran told CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge. Ebner’s family home in Union Beach, Monmouth County was f... Read more

By David Levinsky, BCT Senior Staff Writer - U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and Reps. Chris Smith, Tom MacArthur and Donald Norcross, applauded the good news, saying the new jets would help ensure the long-term viability of the installation for decades to come. The future of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst got another boost this week, as the U.S. Air Force finalized its decision to base two dozen of its next generation KC-46 refueling tankers at the base starting in 2020. U.S. Sens. ... Read more

By SNN - Congressman Chris Smith met this week in Freehold with constituents impacted by Type 1 diabetes (T1D), as well as advocates and leaders of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Their mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do... Read more

By The Community News - September 24, 2018 Miguel Hernandez Colon, of Hamilton Township, received military medals Aug. 28, more than 66 years after the veteran enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Korea. Hernandez, 85, enlisted Feb. 27, 1952 and served through March 10, 1954. In front of many of the veteran’s children, grandchildren and other friends and family at the Active Day of Hamilton Adult Day Care Center on Whitehead Road in Hamilton, Rep. Chris Smith presented Hernandez with f... Read more