Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. Ronald L. Rice Steve Sweeney Senator Ronald L. Rice, and Senate Majority Leader, Steve Sweeney, today unveiled their collaborative efforts with the merging of two pieced of redevelopment legislation to ensure that eminent domain abuse in New Jersey is stopped. Senator Ronald L. Rice, and Senate Majority Leader, Steve Sweeney, today unveiled their collaborative efforts with the merging of two pieced of redevelopment legislation to ensure that eminent domain abuse in New Jersey is stopped.