New Jersey Assembly Democrats
Sumter: Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege for few
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- Sumter: Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege for few
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Assembly Conference Leader Shavonda Sumter spoke in about the gains healthcare has made under the Affordable Care Act, urging congress not to appeal the act.
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- Gusciora Unveils Legislation to Protect Sandy Victims from Terrifying “Clawback” Process
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Assemblyman Reed Gusciora unveiled legislation establishing protections for struggling Superstorm Sandy victims who are forced to repay rebuilding funds that were already disbursed to them.
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- Prieto & Coughlin Protest Republican Efforts to Strip Health Care from New Jerseyans
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin joined protestors outside the State House against Republican plans to strip health care from about 500,000 New Jerseyans.
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- The future of NJ agriculture at Rutgers EcoComplex
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Assembly Democrats, including Bob Andrzejczak and Eric Houghtaling toured the Rutgers EcoComplex facility and Burlington County Resource Recover Complex to see an up-close look at state of the art technologies in clean and renewable energy.
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- Schaer on his bill package to improve access to critical behavioral health services
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- An Assembly panel on Monday approved a comprehensive three-bill package sponsored by Gary Schaer to significantly improve New Jersey’s approach to behavioral health crisis care by expanding services and access throughout the state.
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- McKeon to Barlyn: Bridgegate was child’s play compared to this
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- An assembly panel unanimously approved legislation sponsored by John McKeon barring public entities from entering into confidential lawsuit settlements, inspired by former Hunterdon Country Assistant Prosecutor Bennett Barlyn.
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- NJ Assembly Democrats Week in Review: March 13-17
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A look back at the week of March 13-17, 2017 for the New Jersey Assembly Democrats: The start of public hearings on the state budget proposal, crackdown against puppy mills and standing against Gov. Christie on weakening gun laws.
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- McKeon Bill Requiring Presidential Candidates to Disclose Tax Returns Heads to Governor
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The General Assembly on Thursday granted final legislative approval to a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats John McKeon, Troy Singleton, Paul Moriarty, Annette Quijano and Gordon Johnson to restore the tradition of transparency typically honored by presidential candidates by requiring any future presidential and vice presidential candidates to submit their tax returns to the State Division of Elections in order to run on New Jersey's ballot.
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- Greenwald challenges Christie action to weaken gun safety
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Legislation Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto sponsored to object to the Christie administration's recent action to loosen New Jersey's strict gun laws was approved by the General Assembly on Thursday.
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- Benson's Bill Aims to Crack Down on Puppy Mills
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly passed the bill from Daniel Benson revising the "Pet Purchase Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops.
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- Karabinchak: Closing loophole that allowed convicts to run for school board
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly passed a bill by Robert Karabinchak (D-Middlesex) which requires candidates for election to school board to file affirmation that they have not been convicted of crimes that would disqualify them from office.
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- Prieto challenges Christie action to weaken gun safety
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Legislation Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto sponsored to object to the Christie administration's recent action to loosen New Jersey's strict gun laws was approved by the General Assembly on Thursday.
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- Muoio, Eustace call for increased state response to lead in NJ’s drinking water
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Members of the New Jersey Assembly Democrats, including Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer, Hunterdon) and Tim Eustace (D-Bergen, Passaic) continued to call for increased state response to lead in New Jersey’s drinking water during a Thursday press conference in Trenton.
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- Public Hearings Begin on State Budget Proposal
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Budget Chairman Gary Schaer discusses 2017’s first public hearing on the state budget proposal.
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- Joan’s Law Advances: Modifying Law on Certain Heinous Crimes Against Minors
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Legislation sponsored by Valerie Vainieri Huttle to amend a state law expanding the penalties for murdering a minor while in the act of committing a sex crime continued advancing toward becoming a law on Monday, receiving approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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- NJ Assembly Democrats Week in Review: March 6-10
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A look back at the week of March 6-10, 2017 for the New Jersey Assembly Democrats: Working to increase Baby Box legislation, celebrating International Women’s Day and protecting and preserving New Jersey’s pollinators.
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- Free coffee from Asw. Joann Downey in Asbury Park to celebrate International Women's Day
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Coffee was on Assemblywoman Joann Downey in Asbury Park on Wednesday in celebration of International Women's Day at Asbury Park Roastery, a local women-owned business.
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- Singleton bill aims to transform Senior Freeze Property Tax Rebate into a Direct Credit
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- An Assembly panel on Monday unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton and Wayne DeAngelo that would transform the senior freeze property tax rebate program from a reimbursement program into a credit program for most eligible homeowners.
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- Taliaferro: protecting and preserving pollinators
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro on his bill to establish a "Healthy Pollinators Task Force" to protect and preserve pollinators in the state of New Jersey.
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- Assembly advances "baby box" bill to help keep infants in NJ safe
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin talks about her bill requiring State departments to provide links to information on “baby boxes” on their websites.
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- Sumter concerned by Christie’s budgetary plans on health care
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter offered her concerns about health care funding following Governor Christie’s Budget Address.
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- Schaer: There are more questions than answers from Christie Budget Address
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Budget Chairman Gary Schaer said there seem to be more questions than answers out of Governor Christie’s Budget Address and he looked forward to further investigation.
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- Jerry Green: This is the ‘most depressing’ budget I’ve heard in 25-years
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green called Gov. Christie’s budget address the most depressing one he’s heard in his 25-years in legislature.
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- Greenwald: We need to keep millennials from leaving New Jersey
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald in his response to the governor's budget address spoke of the need to fix school funding in order to keep millennials from leaving the state at an alarming rate.
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- Prieto: Concern Christie's lottery plan is 'smoke and mirrors'
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto in his response to Chris Christie's Budget Address said he had concern over the Governor's lottery proposal, saying he needed to see more details before saying it would be viable.
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- Full Assembly Democratic response to governor's budget address
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- 16:40
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The full response of the Assembly Democrats to Governor Chris Christie’s budget address. Vincent Prieto, Louis Greenwald, Gary Schaer, Jerry Green and Shavonda Sumter.
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- Oliver: Protecting property owners from losing their homes to scammers
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- An Assembly panel on Monday approved legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Sheila Oliver, Thomas Giblin, Cleopatra Tucker, Ralph Caputo and Nicholas Chiaravalloti to help prevent deed fraud and protect property owners from losing their homes to scammers.
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- Lampitt bill to increase transparency in mandatory student fees at colleges
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Legislation Assembly Democrats Pamela Lampitt and Raj Mukherji sponsored to increase transparency surrounding the collection and use of student fees at New Jersey colleges and universities was advanced Monday by an Assembly committee.
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- Mazzeo on His Bill to Save Lives by Improving the Overdose Protection Act
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) discusses his legislation (A-4467) to save lives by making clear that authorized persons and entities may administer multiple doses of any FDA-approved opioid antidote to an overdose victim, regardless of dosage amount or administration method.
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- Jimenez: Trump’s immigration policy is fearful for my daughter
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A Friday hearing was held to discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and immigration enforcement by the Assembly Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee.
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- Chaparro invites Trump to come to NJ and meet residents effected by his immigration policies
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A Friday hearing was held to discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and immigration enforcement by the Assembly Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee.
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- Gusicora on Trump Immigration ban: "America was given a black eye"
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A Friday hearing was held to discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and immigration enforcement by the Assembly Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee.
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- Caride: Public hearings on school funding have been an “eye opener”
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Education Committee Chair Marlene Caride delivers her opening statements before the committee’s 3rd public hearing on school funding.
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- Asm. McKeon on his resolution opposing Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator (full floor speech)
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- 4:50
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Full statements from Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex,Morris) on his opposition to the nomination of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency by Donald Trump, and urges Congress to oppose the nomination.
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- NJ Assembly Democrats Week in Review: Feb. 13-17
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A recap of the week of February 13-17, 2017 for the New Jersey Assembly Democrats. A busy week in Trenton included several Assembly members condemning the actions of President Trump, a push for transgender rights in NJ and the possible creation of a hit-and-run alert system.
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- McKeon opposes Trump EPA pick Pruitt - “Global warming is an urgent threat”
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex,Morris) expressed his opposition to the nomination of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency by Donald Trump, and urges Congress to oppose the nomination.
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- Schaer condemns Trump’s failure to mention Jews in Holocaust Remembrance Day Statement
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic,Bergen) condemned the White House for issuing an International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that failed to mention Jews or anti-Semitism that led to the Nazi genocide.
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- Wisniewski bill protects ‘Dreamers’ from President Trump’s un-American threats (DACA)
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Legislation from Assemblyman John Wisniewski opposes any attempt by President Trump to target immigration students who know only America as their home was approved by the Assembly.
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- Speaker Prieto condemns President Trump’s immigration order
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly voted Wednesday to approve legislation lead by Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson, Bergen) condemning President Trump’s actions targeting immigrants, while also urging the New Jersey attorney general to join in opposition.
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- Zackhary’s Law unanimously approved by Assembly
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly unanimously approved “Zackhary’s Law,” to establish an emergency alert system to help more quickly apprehend drivers responsible for fatal hit and runs.
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- Majority Leader Greenwald inspired to help Gold Star Families
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald’s (D-Camden, Burlington) bill package aimed to provide free mental health services, facilitate access to benefits and resources to Gold Star Families was approved by the Assembly.
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- Speaker Prieto on new state law combating opioid epidemic
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D- Hudson, Bergen) on his bill to curb initial opioid prescriptions to a five-day supply. The bill was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday.
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- Sumter on her bill to improve rehabilitation and reduce recidivism
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter’s “Earn Your Way Out Act” is aimed to help inmates released from prison re-enter society.
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- Wisniewski: It would be cheaper to get all passengers an Uber than build train lines
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman John Wisniewski spoke about his concerns with the Port Authority’s 10-year capital plan during his opening statements of Wednesday’s Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee. The committee heard testimony from John Degnan, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners.
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- Wisniewski has concerns on Port Authority’s 10-year plan
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) spoke about his concerns with the Port Authority’s 10-year capital plan during his opening statements of Wednesday’s Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee. The committee heard testimony from John Degnan, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners.
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- Eustace: “It’s our duty to protect all of the citizens of New Jersey”
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Bergen/Passaic) spoke on the need to protect transgender rights in New Jersey in a time when “civil rights begin to be eroded.” The Assembly passed his two bill package on Monday aimed at providing business assistance to LGBT, veteran and disabled residents.
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- Vainieri Huttle: It’s time now for the state to stand with transgender individuals
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle spoke on the need for New Jersey to protect the rights of transgender individuals in New Jersey. Monday’s Human Services Committee passed several bills aimed to solidify the state's place as a leader in transgender civil rights advances.
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- Jasey calls on Board of Ed to amend or withdraw PARCC
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly Education Committee approved a bill by Mile Jasey (D-Essex/Morris) that calls on the state Board of Education to amend or withdraw its high school graduation proficiency regulations.
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- McKeon bill requiring future Presidential candidates to disclose tax returns approved by Assembly
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A bill requiring future presidential and vice presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns in order to run on New Jersey’s ballot was approved by the assembly today.. The bill was sponsored by John McKeon (D - Essex, Morris).
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- NJ Assembly Democrats’ Week in Review: Feb. 6 - Feb. 10 2017
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A recap of the week of February 6-10 for the New Jersey Assembly Democrats, including comments from Speaker Prieto against President Trump’s immigration ban and a joint press conference from Gary Schaer and Cory Booker on apprenticeships.
