http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/NJ Assembly Republican News Articles, Top Stories.en-ushttp://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/rss.xmlWed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:16 -0400 Assembly Deputy Republican Leader Amy Handlin, R-Monmouth and Middlesex, issued the following statement as Governor Christie today announced his ethics reform package that covers areas such as pay-to-play, legislators’ conflict of interest and banning dual office holding for all elected officials: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1617Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:59:49 -0400 Assembly Republican Whip Dave Rible, R-Monmouth, issued the following statement today regarding Governor Christie’s ethics reform agenda which includes, among other things, a complete ban on dual office holding, limiting officials to one public salary, toughening financial disclosure requirements for lawmakers and campaign finance and pay to play reforms: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1616Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:58 -0400 Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic, issued the following statement as Governor Christie today announced his ethics reform package that addresses areas such as political contributions, requiring full financial disclosure by legislators and banning multiple office holding by elected officials: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1615Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:03:20 -0400 Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic, issued the following statement today regarding the hearing conducted by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on New Jersey’s Race to the Top application: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1614Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:07:25 -0400 Assembly Republican Dawn Marie Addiego, R-Burlington, who is a member of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the hearing conducted by that committee today on New Jersey’s Race to the Top application and the role which the State consultant, Wireless Generation, played in the process: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1613Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:06:43 -0400 Assembly Republican Appropriations Officer Sam Thompson, R-Monmouth and Middlesex, issued the following statement today regarding the hearing conducted by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on New Jersey’s Race to the Top application: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1612Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:55:00 -0400 After today’s Assembly Appropriations hearing regarding the Race to the Top application, Republican Committee members Sam Thompson (R-Monmouth and Middlesex), Dawn Marie Addiego (R-Burlington), John DiMaio and Erik Peterson (both R- Warren and Hunterdon) sent a letter to Attorney General Paula Dow asking that the actions of Wireless Generation, the State consultant for its Race to the Top application, be thoroughly examined to determine whether Wireless had met their contractual obligations. http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1611Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:25 -0400Assemblyman Domenick DiCicco, R-Gloucester and Camden, issued the following statement today after Governor Christie announced that he is vetoing parts of the August 18th and 25th meeting minutes of the Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners because five of the reforms did not meet the directives outlined by the governor in letters sent by the governor to the authority: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1610Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:48:22 -0400Governor Christie signed into law today two bills aimed at assisting public authorities in their efforts to maintain and improve their clean water and drinking water infrastructures. Assemblywoman Nancy Muñoz, R-Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union, co-sponsored both bills that appropriate and authorize over $800 million in low-interest financing that will be available to ensure that projects identified on New Jersey’s Clean Water Project Priority List and Drinking Water Priority List are completed. http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1609Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:28:07 -0400Assembly Republican Deputy Conference Leader Scott Rumana, R-Passaic, Bergen and Essex, issued the statement below today regarding Governor Chris Christie’s decision to terminate Education Commissioner Bret Schundler: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1608Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:17:47 -0400Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic, issued the following statement regarding Governor Chris Christie’s decision today to terminate Education Commissioner Bret Schundler: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1607Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:10:55 -0400Assembly Republican Deputy Conference Leader Scott Rumana, R-Passaic, Bergen and Essex, today said that if Democrat leaders insist on holding a hearing regarding the Obama administration’s denial of New Jersey’s Race to The Top (RTTT) application, they ought to be prepared to summon Obama administration officials to appear to explain what role White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel played in the application’s rejection. http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1606Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:25:37 -0400Assemblyman Scott Rudder, R-Burlington, issued the following statement regarding today’s Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee’s hearing on unfunded mandates imposed on local governments: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1605Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:30:29 -0400Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic, issued the statement below in response to Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver’s call for a political witch hunt hearing on Obama administration education officials’ rejection of New Jersey’s Race to The Top funding: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1604Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:06:26 -0400Assembly Republican Conference Leader Jon Bramnick, R-Union, Essex, Morris and Somerset, issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s Department of Education decision that New Jersey would not be receiving funding from the federal government’s Race to the Top grant program due to an administrative error in its application: http://www.njassemblyrepublicans.com/press_release.php?id=1603