Pennacchio

As a health care professional, Senator Joe Pennacchio believes no politicians should lobby the FDA unless they are absolutely certain they are acting in the best interests of patients.

Senator Joe Pennacchio, R-Morris and Passaic, said he will continue to monitor transparency in the spending of federal stimulus aid in New Jersey, after Governor Corzine announced that he has finally taken the first steps toward helping taxpayers track where their money is going.

Senator Joe Pennacchio said he is frustrated that the Corzine administration is dragging its feet on reforms of the state's NJBest college savings plan that would lower expenses for struggling middle class families.

The governor Isn't Disclosing Fiscal Problems to Investing Public.

Governor Corzine is showing his Wall Street roots by being anything but transparent about how billions of stimulus money is and will be spent in New Jersey, Senator Joe Pennacchio said.

The six Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee have sent a letter to Chairwoman Barbara Buono that asks her to call the committee into session this summer. The committee's task would be to develop a plan to close an unprecedented $8 billion structural deficit and a more than $2 billion deficit in the unemployment fund. The letter points out that Governor Corzine is avoiding questions about how he plans to do to deal with this $10 billion crisis. "When there is a gap in leadership at the top, others must step in to fill the void, " said Senator Anthony Bucco, senior Republican member on the budget committee and Republican budget officer.

Senator Joe Pennacchio is counting down the days until Governor Corzine actually keeps his promise of transparency in the spending of $17 billion in federal stimulus aid. Is this aid going to generate the maximum amount of jobs for New Jersey, or is it being used as an election-year goody bag for the governor's supporters? It's impossible to know if the governor won't keep create a Web site that shows where the $17 billion is really going. 

Senator Joe Pennacchio, prime sponsor of the Transparency in Government Act, issued the following statement about the governor's unmet promise of transparency in the spending of $17 billion in federal stimulus funds, and urged the governor immediately to show county-by-county, community-by-community and project-by-project how he expects stimulus money to be allocated and spent in New Jersey:

Senators Say Governor Isn't Telling Taxpayers Where He's Spending $17.5 Billion in Federal Stimulus Funds

Governor Corzine won't let Morris County save money. He's demanding that the county filled an unneeded position with a political appointee. It's clear the governor's rhetoric about saving tax dollars does not match his actions.