Roberts

CASTNER, A RARE AND OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL WILL BE MISSED, SAY MCKEON AND JASEY

(TRENTON) - Assembly members John F. McKeon and Mila M. Jasey described Bill Castner, outgoing executive director of the Assembly Majority, as a rare and outstanding individual who has helped drive forward-thinking policy and reform in New Jersey and been unparalleled in his commitment to advancing the public interest.

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce seek Democratic support for vital economic development bills.

CODEY THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND ECONOMIC SUMMIT

Senate President Calls for Swift Action to Ease Crisis

            TRENTON – Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) today announced that he is in full support of a plan to convene an emergency summit to help New Jersey deal with the fallout of the economic crisis that has gripped the nation.  In doing so, Codey announced that he is working with Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts and Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney to get the ball rolling so that New Jersey can find real solutions to help residents deal with plummeting stocks and rising consumer prices.

“The mayor wants to have it both ways; he wants to withhold information from the public and then he gets angry when someone resorts to the courts to get the information the public is  entitled to.”

CODEY STATEMENT ON FY 2009 BUDGET

             TRENTON – Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) today released the following statement on the Senate’s approval of the FY 2009 Appropriations Act:

          “This budget clearly reflects the reality of our fiscal situation.  Much like millions of Americans across the country, we have to do more with less.  This budget required a lot of painful decisions, decisions nobody really wants to make but that had to be done. 

CODEY & ROBERTS NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION:  ETHICS REFORM, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING

(TRENTON) – Senate President Richard J. Codey and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today announced that they will make a united push for loophole-free pay to play reform, a wheeling ban, clean elections renewal, an overhaul of the legislative ethics committee, and a modernized legislative ethics code in the new session beginning January 8.

ROBERTS & CARABALLO SEEK TO MAKE NEW JERSEY FIRST STATE TO LEGISLATIVELY ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

Assembly Leaders Team with 'Dead Man Walking' Author Sister Helen Prejean, Death Penalty Advocates to Announce December Action

ROBERTS ON SCHIP VETO OVERRIDE VOTE:
PRESIDENT BUSH HURTS NEW JERSEY AGAIN

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., today issued the following statement in response to the failure of New Jersey's Republican congressional delegation to vote unanimously for an override of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill:

CODEY & ROBERTS LEAD BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO URGE OVERRIDE OF BUSH’S SCHIP VETO

(TRENTON) – In a bipartisan show of support, Senate President Richard J. Codey and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today were joined by 82 members of the New Jersey Legislature in calling upon New Jersey’s Congressional delegation to override President Bush’s veto of legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

ROBERTS LAUDS CORZINE ANTI-CRIME PLAN
Speaker Says Three-Prong Initiative Will Help Counteract
Plague of Violent Crime, Street Gang Activity in Camden, Other Cities