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Congressman wants more information on vetting of Afghan refugees following base tour

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Nicolette White, Burlington County Times JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – A New Jersey congressman says many questions remain unanswered about the vetting process of Afghan refugees housed here after touring the base Thursday. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a Republican whose 4th district includes Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, toured the base with Gov. Phil Murphy and other members of…

Rep Smith: Create ‘humanitarian corridors’

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Americans must be able to reach the airport in Kabul by Rep Chris Smith Washington Times The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has handed over an entire nation to unspeakable cruelty, violence, terrorism, and egregious abuse of women and girls. Safe passage out of Afghanistan for thousands of Americans and our allies, including Afghan…

Rep. Chris Smith on the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Melissa Clement

New Jersey Globe August 16 2021 5:19 pm The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has handed over an entire nation to unspeakable cruelty, violence, terrorism and egregious abuse of women and girls. Safe passage out of Afghanistan of Americans and our allies including Afghan translators, their families and other former U.S. employees at high risk…

House passes Congressman Smith’s amendments to appropriate a million for autism research and Lyme programs

Posted on July 30, 2021August 17, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Lakewood News Network Three bipartisan amendments offered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to enhance federal support for autism research and Lyme disease programs passed the House of Representatives as part of an en bloc amendment this week during consideration of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R….

Reps Smith and Sires introduced legislation to extend U.S. passports’ expiration date by one year

Posted on July 29, 2021July 30, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Backlog spurs long wait to get a passport renewed Jonathan D. Salant – For Times of Trenton As coronavirus-related travel restrictions subside, Americans wishing to travel overseas face a new hurdle: Their passports are expiring and a huge backlog of applications means it will take months to get new ones. The State Department’s website says…

Rep Smith challenges Olympics sponsor Coca-Cola for failing to condemn Chinese human rights abuses

Posted on July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Coca-Cola, Which Opposed Georgia’s Voter Law, Dodged Questions on Chinese Repression NEWSWEEK BY AILA SLISCO ON 7/28/21 Republican lawmakers blasted Coca-Cola for not demanding that the 2022 Winter Olympics be moved from China over alleged human rights violations on Tuesday, months after the company condemned Georgia’s restrictive voting law. Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey said that…

Chris Smith: Rally Against Anti-Semitism

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Melissa Clement

New Jersey Globe OPINION By Congressman Christopher H. Smith, May 27 2021 I strongly believe that the explosion of anti-Semitism in the United States and worldwide must be exposed and rigorously combated. Two decades ago, the great Jewish human rights leader and former political prisoner in the Soviet Union Natan Sharansky testified at one of my…

Rep. Chris Smith: Winter Olympics in Beijing must be moved to new city

Posted on May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 by Melissa Clement

Hearing will spotlight Xinjiang crisis, crimes against humanity By Tom Howell Jr.- The Washington Times – Monday, May 17, 2021 Rep. Chris Smith’s first brush with China and the Olympics was in the early 1990s when he met Wei Jingsheng for dinner with Beijing’s secret police sitting a few feet away. The communist government had released the famous…

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