"A U.S. congressman left Tokyo on Wednesday after a whirlwind trip aimed at rallying Japanese support for an international child abduction treaty, an issue that has sparked a growing debate in Japan and abroad. While lobbying members of the Diet and other government officials this week to ratify the 1981 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Rep. Chris Smith said Tokyo and Washington must resolve the current cases of parental kidnapping in Japan involving U.S. c...
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The city of Trenton and its residents will be safer thanks to a federal grant that will save 61 firefighter jobs and prevent scheduled layoffs. Had the layoffs occurred, the city's firefighting force would have been cut by a third. The $13.7 million grant to be disbursed over two years is a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response -- or SAFER -- grant, provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The cash-strapped city had applied for the grant as the state cut funding to i...
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WZB-25 reported today that 61 Trenton firefighters facing pending lay-offs will be funded through a federal grant obtained with the assistance of Congressman Chris Smith. Smith, a long-time member of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, worked closely with Fire Chief John Gribbin, as well as Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, to help Trenton secure the funding, $13,685,436 through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency...
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The Trentonian newspaper featured the following page 1 story January 15, 2011 on Congressman Chris Smith's efforts to assist 61 firefighters slated to lose their jobs: PAUL MICKLE Staff Writer More than 60 Trenton firefighters facing layoff will keep their jobs thanks to a $13.6 million grant that U.S. Rep. Chris Smith helped get from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Smith announced the news yesterday, saying the grant is “all but certain’’ and that official disclosure will come within d...
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The following editorial appeared in New Jersey's largest paper, the Newark Star Ledger: President Obama is expected to sign a bill that will jump-start a national campaign against Alzheimer’s disease. It’s good news for patients and families struggling with the emotional and financial burden of the disease. The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Chris Smith (R-5th Dist.) and Edward Markey (D- Mass.), drew unanimous support in the House for the establishment of the National Alzheimer’s Projec...
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'The co-sponsor of the legislation as well as the co-chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's, Rep. Smith has long been a champion for those with the disease and their families. This latest bill establishing NAPA is by far the most thorough, far-reaching and focused effort to prepare for the ravages of an aging population... ." -- Times Editorial Reckoning with a deadly disease STAFF WRITER 507 words 28 December 2010 The Times Trenton Full Run A08 English (c) 2010. The Times. All ...
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NJ Rep. Chris Smith to attend Nobel peace prize ceremony 151 words 10 December 2010 12:52 pm GMT Associated Press Newswires English (c) 2010. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Jersey congressman is in Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Rep. Chris Smith organized a bipartisan group of lawmakers in February to nominate the winner, imprisoned Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo (lee-oo show-boh) and two other human rights advocates for the award. Liu won't be in Os...
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From the Oct. 28, 2010 edition of the Lakewood Scoop: The nightmare began a few weeks ago, when Faigy Friedlander of Lakewood found out that her Chosson Yosef David Michael- a UK and Israeli citizen – was denied a Visa to enter the U.S. where they were to marry. With their wedding just weeks away, the Chosson went to the Embassy to set up an emergency meeting, but to no avail. There was no way that he was getting his Visa to attend his own wedding. In fact, the Chosson was told by the Embassy to...
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