Smith’s Autism CARES Act passed in House Congressman has shepherded autism legislation through Congress for decades By Joey Fox, September 18 2024 3:45 pm Every five years for nearly three decades, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) has gotten Congress to pass a new version of his massive bill authorizing and reauthorizing federal programs for autism education and research. Today,…

Massive sandbar forms along Jersey Shore inlet. Local officials are concerned. August 6, 2024 Local officials have growing concern over a large sandbar, also known as a shoal, that has formed in the Manasquan Inlet. Video and photos show the sandbar is on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the waterway and it appears to…

While Rep. Pallone thanked Biden, Rep. Smith said his withdrawal “underscores questions about who has been running the administration.” Carly Baldwin,Patch Staff Posted Mon, Jul 22, 2024 MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Middletown is represented by two Congressmen in Washington, D.C.: North Middletown and the area along the Raritan Bay (Keansburg, Leonardo, Belford, Port Monmouth) is represented by…

Incumbent Chris Smith had more than 5 times the votes that were cast for David Schmidt in the Republican primary, unofficial results show. Karen Wall, Patch Staff Posted Tue, Jun 4, 2024 OCEAN and MONMOUTH COUNTIES, NJ — Incumbent Chris Smith holds a commanding lead in the race for the Republican nomination for New Jersey’s…

May 24, 2024 By Rep. Chris Smith Thirty years ago, today—May 26, 1994—America lost China. For that was the day when President Bill Clinton infamously delinked the requirement that China make serious and sustained progress in protecting the fundamental human rights of its citizens or lose the coveted Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status that…

Event highlights local and federal efforts to combat one of the largest and most profitable criminal enterprises in the world   TAP into Middletown By Jeanne Wall Published May 22, 2024 Last Updated May 25, 2024    “It will take each and every one of us to end the scourge of modern-day slavery,” Smith said….

April 21, 2024 Rep. Chris Smith on Saturday took to the House Floor during debate and urged his colleagues to pass legislation (HR 8034) that would provide more than $26 billion in critical military assistance to Israel while prohibiting any US funds from flowing to the failed and pervasively antisemitic United Nations Relief and Works…

TikTok’s effort to recruit American kids as ‘foreign agents’ for China against ban may backfire: ‘Disturbing’ Chris Smith said TikTok’s lobby campaign targeting minors was ‘greatly disturbing’ By Brianna Herlihy FIRST ON FOX — A lawmaker leading the Congressional-Executive Commission on China sent a scathing notice to social media company TikTok for allegedly “targeting” children who…

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…