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Rep. Smith secures federal funding to restore Belmar’s Silver Lake
By Jim Lonergan Published July 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM JERSEY SHORE — Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has secured a $1 million federal earmark to help restore Silver Lake in Belmar, one of several critical coastal lakes and waterways stretching from Belmar through Brielle—including Spring Lake, Lake Como, and Wreck Pond—that are vital to local ecosystems…
House passes Rep.’s Smith legislation to name VA clinic after Tomes River WWII hero
By Karen Wall Patch Staff WASHINGTON, DC — When ground was broken for the new Veterans Affairs health clinic in Toms River in May 2022, former Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill made a plea, asking the congressional delegation to name the clinic for the town’s World War II hero, Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell. On Monday, that…
Rep. Smith’s anti-trafficking bill advances to the House floor
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act of 2025 (H. R. 1144), sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, was named in honor of Frederick Douglass, a famed abolitionist and outspoken critic of slavery. The bill reauthorizes Smith’s landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (P. L. 106-386), which has led to the convictions of more than 2,225 human…
Rep. Smith retintroduces TICK Act
A new bill to reauthorize the nation’s federal efforts to fight Lyme disease was announced yesterday on Capitol Hill. The TICK Act, sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) with Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) and Paul Tonko (D-NY), will provide continued funding for Lyme disease research at the Centers for Disease Control…
Rep. Smith works to improve safety of Point Pleasant Canal
Army Corps will replace Point Pleasant Canal fence to keep people from falling in By Dan Radel – Asbury Park Press staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will install new fencing around the entire perimeter of the Point Pleasant Canal at a cost of $3 million, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith announced. The fencing there…
Rep. Smith honors WWII Army Rangers at Congressional Gold Medal ceremony
By Jeanne Wall Published June 28, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Jersey resident and World War II Army Ranger veteran John Wardell was among the heroes honored Thursday during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, recognizing the legendary United States Army Rangers of World War II for their extraordinary service. “John Wardell and…
Rep. Smith introduces resolution supporting historic peace accord brokered by President Trump
Rep. Chris Smith, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has introduced legislation, HRes 586 Recognizing and applauding President Trump for brokering a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting diplomatic and economic efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region—a region plagued by nearly three decades…
Rep. Smith: ‘President Trump’s decisive action to destroy the nuclear capabilities of Iran is a clear message that the further proliferation of nuclear weapons is unacceptable.’
Rep. Chris Smith’s statement on President Trump’s decisive action to destroy Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities: “For far too long, the Islamic Republic of Iran—the world’s leading state sponsor of terror—has held the world hostage with nuclear threats and the export of violence through its terrorist proxies, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis. Iranian threats of death to…
Rep. Smith: Radar interference should cancel dangerous wind projects
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) who has waged a multiyear fight against what he called “extremely dangerous” wind projects off New Jersey and elsewhere including Empire Wind today welcomed a lawsuit that contains compelling information that he believes will be helpful for the Trump Administration as it “continues its review of all wind industrial farms rushed through…
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