Joe Kyrillos

KYRILLOS: SPECIAL SESSION MUST START A REVOLUTION

Senator Joe Kyrillos, (Monmouth/Middlesex), issued the following statement regarding the temporary joint legislative committees that will meet to address property tax reform.

Kyrillos: New Jerseys Endangered Prosperity
Report Warns of Economic Misfortune Could Follow Five Years of Misguided Policies

Senator Joe Kyrillos, (R-13), made the following remarks in response to “New Jersey New Economy Growth Challenges,� a report by James Hughes and Joseph Seneca of Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy that warns New Jersey’s economic foundation is eroding:
“This bleak report should send a chill down the spine of everybody in New Jersey. It is a wake up call for New Jersey policy makers. Drs. Hughes and Seneca have starkly laid out the task confronting us: fundamentally changing our states economic policies or New Jerseys prosperity will wither. The past five years of anti-business policies have been bad for New Jersey’s economy and its residents. According to the report, between 2000 to 2005, New Jersey lost 117,600 high-paying business services and manufacturing jobs and replaced them with 113,200 low-paying service jobs.
New Jersey was recently judged to have the nation’s second worse business climate. That burden is especially felt by small business owners whose companies create the lion’s share of new high-wage jobs. Not only has New Jersey been chasing jobs away, it has also become an inhospitable place for high-net worth individuals to live. This has real budgetary consequences. The top one percent of income earners pay 42 percent of the state’s income taxes, increasingly this mobile group is choosing to live outside of New Jersey. The shirking number of high-wage jobs and the flight of the affluent make it more difficult to solve the structural budget deficit.
It is not enough for the governor to talk about a new economic policy there must be real action. The stakes could not be higher. We are not only competing with other states to bring jobs to New Jersey, but with the global economy there is now international competition for jobs. This is a race New Jersey cannot afford to lose.�

KYRILLOS CALLS FOR ADOPTING AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUDGET

Senator Joe Kyrillos, Jr., (R-13), today issued the following statement proposing the adoption of an essential services and continuation budget that would reopen state offices and parks, and the casinos, lottery and racetracks:

COMMITTEES NEED TO BE ACTION ORIENTED

Senator Joe Kyrillos, (R-13), issued the following statement regarding the call for a special session of the Legislature and the formation of four, bicameral, bipartisan joint committees to study and create legislation for school funding reform, constitutional reform, benefit reform and government consolidation.

KYRILLOS' HUNGER PREVENTION ACT YIELDS HONORS

The Statewide Emergency Food and Anti-Hunger Network (SEFAN) held their annual networking conference this week and honored Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-13) for his dedication and support of local food pantries and soup kitchens.

Have You Heard of Deep Vein Thrombosis?
Kyrillos Resolution Brings Attention to the Illness

A resolution sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos, (R-13), that would make March of each year in New Jersey ‘Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month’ was passed by the Senate Health and Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today. The illness affects about two million Americans annually, and results when a blood clot forms in one of the large veins usually in the lower limbs, leading to either partially or completely blocked circulation.

A bill sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos Jr., (R-13), that would require specific
information be placed on charity bins throughout the state was approved by the Senate today.

Resolution Condemning Fort Monmouth Closing is Approved
State Should Establish Redevelopment Authority

A resolution sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos Jr., (R-13) condemning the planned closure of Fort Monmouth by the Department of Defense was passed by the Senate. The resolution also offers legislative support for redeveloping the base and maintaining the economic vitality of the surrounding community.

Kyrillos Bill to Help Small Business Advances

A bill sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos Jr., (R-13), and Senator Paul Sarlo, (D-36), that would ease the regulation burden for small businesses was approved by the Senate Economic Growth Committee today. The bill would require state agencies to consolidate or simplify compliance and reporting requirements when developing rules that apply to small businesses.

Kyrillos Bill Would Increase The Penalties for Stealing Fuel

The Transportation Committee approved legislation today sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos Jr., (R-13), that would increase the penalties for stealing fuel. The bill also authorizes the court to require a person convicted of the offense of "theft of fuel" to make monetary restitution for the full amount of the stolen fuel and to perform community service.