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Smith bill reauthorizing Trafficking Victims Protection Act passes House
All 12 N.J. House members support anti-trafficking legislation By Joey Fox, February 14 2024 Last night, the House overwhelmingly passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, a bill authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) that reauthorizes anti-trafficking legislation he first shepherded through Congress in 2000. “This critical legislation reauthorizes funding for FY2024 through…
Lunch with a concentration camp survivor made Rep. Chris Smith a human rights champion
By Mark A. Kellner – The Washington Times – Thursday, February 1, 2024 Rep. Chris Smith’s journey as a campaigner for human rights and religious liberty began decades ago in a small New Jersey eatery over a meal with a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Smith‘s father ran a wholesale sporting goods business next to a Jewish delicatessen in the small town of Colonia,…
Rep. Smith secured $439,000 to help launch cybersecurity program
Brookdale Community College cuts ribbon for Center for Excellence for Cybersecurity Education At a ceremony at Brookdale Community College, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Brookdale President Dr. David Stout, Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone, Cyber Center Director Professor Michael Qaissaunee and other local officials, faculty, and students to mark…
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez released from prison, exiled to the Vatican
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Monday, January 15, 2024 A Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for denouncing the government’s human rights violations against the Catholic Church and its members was among over a dozen religious leaders released and handed over to Vatican authorities. The Nicaraguan government released Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa and 18 other imprisoned clergy members…
Congressman Smith: ‘UNRWA schools are breeding grounds for hatred’
Witnesses who testified called for the dismissal of Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine. By ZVIKA KLEIN NOVEMBER 9, 2023 The Committee on Foreign Affairs and Global Health on Capitol Hill, led by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), took aim at the United Nations’ long-standing bias against Israel on Wednesday. The focal point…
Rep. Smith: Thank you, Veterans
November 11, 2023 Manchester, NJ Special thanks to Roger Grenier for your exemplary service to our nation and for chairing Manchester’s Veterans Advisory Committee. Mayor Rob Arace, Council President Roxy Conniff, friends. As you know, the armistice ending World War I went into effect in 1918—at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day on the…
Rep. Smith: Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas invasion is absolute
U.S. must do everything it can to help COMMENTARY By Rep. Chris Smith – – Wednesday, October 25, 2023 OPINION: Our great friend and ally Israel — with significant assistance from the United States — continues to respond to the cowardly Hamas invasion that includes psychotic terrorists butchering and raping innocent civilians, beheading babies, taking hostages, and…
Rep. Smith: Evacuating US Citizens From Israel Must Be Top US Priority
Rep. Chris Smith called the attacks on Israel “the logical consequence of unbridled antisemitism.” Karen Wall,Patch Staff Posted Tue, Oct 10, 2023 LAKEWOOD, NJ — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith is urging President Joe Biden to “use all appropriate US resources and tools” to immediately evacuate U.S. citizens who are stuck in Israel in the midst of…
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