Archive for Author: jpeacock

Veterans begging for soap at state-run homes has NJ lawmaker outraged

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Brian Bergen was irate after discovering veterans in state-run facilities are begging for soap and other basic necessities while lawmakers spent lavishly on last-minute pork projects in the state budget passed in June. “This is a stark and shameful reflection of skewed priorities and neglect,” said...

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Assembly Republicans demand Murphy disclose financial hit to taxpayers as offshore wind project collapses

TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republicans are demanding that Gov. Phil Murphy disclose how much taxpayer money was already spent subsidizing Democrats’ unpopular offshore wind projects. News broke late Tuesday night that Danish multinational energy company Orsted scrapped its plans to build two offshore wind projects, Ocean Wind 1 and...

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Sauickie supports more tools, tougher penalties to combat organized theft rings

TRENTON, N.J. – As organized retail crime rings continue to pillage stores and make headlines in New Jersey and across the nation, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie is joining with business leaders and local law enforcement to combat this scourge legislatively. Sauickie met recently with those stakeholders as part of Fight Retail...

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Sauickie criticizes Murphy, Biden failures in rescuing U.S. citizens from war zone

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie is criticizing Gov. Phil Murphy and President Joseph Biden for their lack of action in getting New Jersey residents to safety after a terrorist attack in Israel left 1,400 dead and 199 taken hostage, including many Americans. Israel formally declared war on Iran-backed Hamas Oct....

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DePhillips’ bill expanding grant opportunities for researchers signed into law

TRENTON, N.J. – State-backed innovation grants have been beyond the reach of public higher education employees for years. That will change under a bill that was signed into law Thursday. The change will allow public college and university employees and officers to receive grants from the New Jersey Commission...

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Bergen urges caution in fixing veterans homes, says ‘Get it right’

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Brian Bergen is disappointed that the governor and Democrat legislative leaders unveiled a plan Wednesday to address the ongoing problems at the state’s veterans homes without holding a single public hearing. “I’m not opposed to the plan, but I’m not convinced either,” said Bergen (R-Morris)...

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DOJ report proves protecting veterans wasn’t above Murphy and legislative Democrats pay grade, Bergen says

TRENTON, N.J. – The day after a federal investigation laid the blame for veterans home deaths squarely on Gov. Phil Murphy and his administration’s Covid policies, Assemblyman Brian Bergen says Democrats’ day-after calls to do more is hypocritical at best. The U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division and...

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DiMaio calls for special session to protect parental rights

TRENTON, N.J. – It’s back to school for New Jersey students and teachers this week. It should also be back to Trenton for state legislators, says Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio. He is calling on Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to put to vote a...

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