Veto

Senator Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) issued the following statement and model veto message in advance of the Governor's expected signature of the State budget which spends almost 20% more than just two years ago.

"A governor who wants to do something about high gas prices and the rising cost of living in New Jersey would line item veto at least $500 million from the budget so we don't need to raise the gas tax, hike tolls, or waste more of the public's money preparing yet another version of a monetization scheme the public has soundly rejected."

KARCHER STATEMENT ON SCHIP HEARING

DUMONT - Senator Ellen Karcher, D-Monmouth and Mercer, the Vice Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement regarding today's hearing on Congressional efforts to override President Bush's veto on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a program which provides federal funds to State efforts to offer health care access to the uninsured:

WEINBERG STATEMENT ON SCHIP HEARING

DUMONT - Senator Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, a member of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's hearing today on Congressional efforts to override President Bush's veto on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides federal matching funds to State efforts to provide health care coverage for the uninsured:

VITALE STATEMENT ON SCHIP HEARING

DUMONT - Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the Committee's hearing on the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and President Bush's recent veto of legislation reauthorizing federal funding for uninsured children:

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