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Rep. Van Drew: President Biden's Latest Attack on Hard-Working Americans Will Raise Your Mortgage

April 21, 2023
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement after the Biden administration put forth a new rule that will force financially responsible Americans to foot the bill for… Read More

FDA's egregiously flawed and unlawful approval process for abortion poison pills that starve babies to death puts health of women at risk

April 21, 2023
“Attention now turns to the Fifth Circuit Court, which is set to hear oral arguments on the merits of the case regarding the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) illegal approval process… Read More

House passes the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

April 21, 2023
With the strong support and vote of Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), the House of Representatives today passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (HR 734)—legislation that… Read More

Smith calls on Biden to meet with wives of two human rights defenders detained by Chinese Communist Party

April 20, 2023
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today called on President Biden to meet with Geng He and Sophie Luo—the wives of two renowned human rights defenders detained by the Chinese Communist Party… Read More

On Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 18, 2023
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today issued the following statement on “Yom HaShoah”—Holocaust Remembrance Day: … Read More

Offshore Wind: National Security is the Price We Will Pay

April 17, 2023
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement after the Pentagon sounded the alarms on how the development of offshore wind farms will affect our national security.… Read More

Chairman Smith asks Xi Jinping for visa to visit Xinjiang after Chinese official tells him that 'China fully protects the rights of Uyghurs'

April 17, 2023
In a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)—Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China—is requesting a visa to visit Xinjiang to personally… Read More

Smith blasts Biden Administration for barring Catholic priests from providing care to US servicemembers and veterans at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

April 17, 2023
In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) blasted the Biden Administration’s recent decision to bar a community of Catholic priests and brothers from providing care… Read More

On the Ocean County wildfire and the firefighters' heroic response

April 12, 2023
Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement on the wildfire in Manchester Township and Lakehurst Borough and the heroic response by firefighters: “I want… Read More

High school artwork now on display at Ocean University Medical Center in Brick

April 12, 2023
Artwork submitted by local high school students for the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for New Jersey’s Fourth Congressional District is now on display at Hackensack Meridian Ocean… Read More

'Fight the good fight against China's organ harvesting'

April 10, 2023
A Chinese diplomat’s emailed rant to Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) shows how spooked the Chinese Communist Party is by his recent House-passed bill to levy harsh and deserved penalties against anyone… Read More

Kean, Manning, Keating, McCaul Lead Bipartisan Coalition Urging the EU to Designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization

April 10, 2023
(April 10, 2023) Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), Chair of the Europe Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), Vice Ranking… Read More

Chinese Christian churchgoers can finally practice faith freely in US after fleeing religious persecution in Communist China

April 7, 2023
After a years-long journey to escape severe religious persecution in Communist China, over 60 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church—dubbed the “Mayflower Church”—are… Read More

Rep. Van Drew Introduces the Ensuring Safer Schools Act to Protect Our Children

April 6, 2023
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew was joined by Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE), and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks… Read More

Smith and Monmouth County officials reiterate urgent need for pause to offshore wind industrialization and investigation into potentially catastrophic impacts

April 5, 2023
At a press briefing held at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) together with Monmouth County, state and local officials reiterated the urgent need… Read More